How do you use the word "twig" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "twig" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "twig": He cut a twig from the tree with his knife. The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.

Twig Meaning

/twɪɡ/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA small thin branch of a tree or bush.

nounSomebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed.

Sentence Examples

He cut a twig from the tree with his knife.

The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

tumble

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The bird landed on a thin ____ and it bent under its weight.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A small ____ snapped under his foot as he walked quietly through the dense forest earlier this morning today.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *twīgą Proto-West Germanic *twīg Old English twiġ Middle English twig English twig From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom, from *dwóh₁. More at two. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian twiich, twiig (“twig”), Saterland Frisian Twiech (“branch, twig”), West Frisian twiich (“twig”), Dutch twijg (“twig”), German Zweig (“branch, twig; section”), German Low German Twieg (“branch, twig”), Luxembourgish Zwäig (“twig”), Yiddish צווײַג (tsvayg, “branch”); also Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky." — 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

"You need to find a source of motivation and play off of that. Whether it be the jock in high school that always called you fat, or the guy who picked on you and called you a twig." — 2007 February 24, Matt Weik, CSCS, “Successful Tips and Tricks For Contest Prep!”, in Bodybuilding.com, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2024:

"Schwarzenegger was long past his professional bodybuilding days when he and Carrere shot the tango scene, but he wasn’t a twig." — 2022 July 19, Jason Rossi, “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Most Dangerous Mistake on ‘True Lies’: ‘It Would Have Put Us Back 30 Days in the Production’”, in Showbiz CheatSheet:

"I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you." — 1765, “A Song in High Life”, in The Merry Medley, volume 1, London: W. Hoggard, page 35:

"I twigged him at once, by the description you gave me. I never see a cove togged out as he was,—tall hat, light sit-down-upons, and a short coat—wasn't it cut short! but in really bang-up style." — 1915, “Putting on the Screw”, in Caught in the Net, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, translation of Les Esclaves de Paris by Émile Gaboriau, page 23:

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