Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: twig
IPA transcription: [tw'ɪɡ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: branchlet, twig, sprig
    Meaning: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: twig
    Meaning: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
Usage examples
  • There is not a twig but supplies a contact-point.
  • Half a dozen of the finest fish he took out and strung upon a forked twig.
  • "Hand me that twig, my boy." The Phoenix took the twig, found a bare spot of earth, and sketched a picture.
  • I heard not the thunder of the hoofs of buffalo, nor the faint crack of the twig beneath the panther's foot.
  • She placed the first twig, and after examining it carefully, he spent the day carrying her others just as much alike as possible.
  • Princess Parizade took the pitcher, and, carrying with her besides the cage the twig and the flask, returned down the mountain side.
  • Not a broken twig, a careless step, or a whispered word betrayed them, and they vanished as swiftly and silently as hunted deer flying for their lives.
  • Every twig was pressed behind him noiselessly, and once when Rod struck his snow-shoe against the butt of a small tree the old Indian held up his hands in mock horror.
  • 'Now, child,' said he to his own daughter, 'what will you have?' 'The first twig, dear father, that brushes against your hat when you turn your face to come homewards,' said she.
  • When she refused to swallow another particle, he perched on a twig close by the nest many times in a day; and with sleek feathers and lowered crest, gazed at her in silent worshipful adoration.