twig
noun
a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
twigged
Example Sentences
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However, he admitted he - along with scientists and advisers - should have "twigged" the seriousness posed by the disease earlier than he did.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2023
Then, eventually, they twigged that we were interested in biodiversity, flora, and fauna, and people started coming in with chameleons.
From The Verge ● Aug. 28, 2018
“Everyone had their own moment when they first twigged that this wasn’t like the BBC,” he says.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2017
Many people on Wall Street twigged to this a good while ago.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2017
If Pamela really is the culprit, the evidence was right in front of us, and nobody twigged to it.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
