(v. t.) To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
(v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
(n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
(v. t.) To beat with twigs.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was also demonstrated that the plexus of the median eminence is, at its periphery, in direct communication with the systemic venous twigs.
(2) The twig was removed, and calcium-dextrose and penicillin G were administered.
(3) At least 114 of the women at UTH induce abortion themselves by inserting plants or twigs into the cervix.
(4) But let’s talk about twigs (Formerly Known As Tahliah).
(5) These findings suggest that the inflow of blood into the common carotid body artery may be regulated by its constriction, especially of its arterial cushion, and that the subsidiary branches of the common carotid body artery and the accessory twigs of the proper carotid body artery may act as bypass-routes to eliminate the excessive inflow of blood into the carotid body.
(6) All recordings showed abnormal jitter, many (75%) displayed intermittent blocking, and most had abnormal fibre density (mean 4.3), demonstrating considerable degrees of collateral sprouting supported by the fasciculating motor units, and varying degrees of functional immaturity of the new axonal twigs and the motor end plates.
(7) Responses of single muscle fibres to electrical stimulation of the tibial nerve trunk or of the intramuscular nerve twigs were detected in young volunteers without evidence of neurological disease.
(8) The double afferent arterioles arose separately from a terminal twig of the interlobular artery and reached the vascular pole of a subcapsular glomerulus which possessed a single efferent arteriole.
(9) The bulbospongiosus and the transversus perinei superficialis receive several twigs from the medial and intermediate cutaneous branches of the perineal nerve.
(10) Except for one patient the accessory renal arteries missed at angiography were tiny twigs; the small renal infarcts caused by ligating them did not impair transplant survival.
(11) The shape of the lobulus testis is indicated by the centripetal branch with its centrifugal twigs.
(12) That’s a specialised form of garden work they’re wanting,” he told me with a wink, and when I still didn’t twig, he explained that Garberville is the capital of Californian marijuana culture.
(13) A ventral twig of SO innervates the ventral snout (normally IO territory) and projects into the electroreceptive lateral line lobe in an IO pattern.
(14) Eleven months old and with a squidgy layer of puppy fat still on show, she’s busy tying me in knots with a lead and is clearly no dummy – within minutes she has twigged that I have a stash of dog-chews in my bag and is clearly hatching a plan to get at them.
(15) If the prosecutor asked the court to burn Pussy Riot at the stake, I can just picture the courtroom staff running around, gathering twigs and lighter fluid.
(16) An olfactory nerve twig produced a different magnitude of responses to the various odor stimuli.
(17) If coracoid mobilization is necessary, the musculocutaneous nerve and its twigs should be identified and protected, keeping in mind the variations in anatomy and the level of penetration.
(18) A preparation has been developed in the pigeon which allows recording of the electrical activity from an olfactory nerve twig containing the nonmyelinated axons of a small group of olfactory receptor cells.
(19) Gamma irradiation resulted in pale, foamy cytoplasmic vesicles, the separation of smooth muscle cells and changes in the structure of the luminal aspect of arterial blood vessels while neutron irradiation produced dense cytoplasmic vesicles and electron dense bodies within the substance of peripheral nerve twigs.
(20) Morphological adaptations to climbing (a scansorial mode of quadrupedal, arboreal locomotion practised on twigs and small branches) are identified by relating anatomical details of limb bones to a sample of 6,136 instantaneous observational recordings on the positional behavior and support uses of 20 different free-ranging, adult red howlers.
Twiggy
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twiggy Forrest is right: we shouldn't sell our natural resources at bargain basement prices | Richard Denniss Read more Losses for smaller junior miners such as BC iron will also increase.
(2) In her slightly fusty offices off Drury Lane, Michel enthuses about the new TV and internet-based deals for clients, from Simon Schama to Twiggy (she has a planned musical), and garden writer Sarah Raven, Michel's first client.
(3) Abbott did not refer to the commission’s report, but said the government would soon be responding to a review by the mining businessman Twiggy Forrest, which examined Indigenous employment and welfare and controversially recommended highly restricted cashless welfare cards.
(4) Shots of Banks as models such as Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Jerry Hall, Iman, Kate Moss, Twiggy and Grace Jones were created with nothing more than intelligent lighting and makeup – no digital manipulation.
(5) Income management, of a kind that seems mild compared to Twiggy Forrest’s proposals, was one of those experiments born during the Intervention, but it wasn’t exactly new.
(6) Denouncing the nanny state is the irritable mental gesture of our time, the automatic conservative response to any state-backed project, which makes Tony Abbott’s response to Twiggy Forrest’s plan to quarantine welfare payments all the more remarkable.
(7) Zoe Wood (@zoewoodguardian) Outrage from Mrs Abrahamson: Why is Twiggy range only online?
(8) Why isn't the Twiggy range available on the high street, and why are certain larger lingerie products only available online?
(9) Meanwhile, Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, whose Fortescue Metals Group is Australia's third biggest exporter of iron ore (behind BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto), has launched a high court challenge .
(10) The Liberals might not be about to implement the Twiggy plan but the general thrust of Forrest’s argument is not that far from what Abbott’s been saying: welfare recipients have had it too easy for too long, and they’re about to get some stick.
(11) Authors on PFD's books include new foreign secretary William Hague, Twiggy, historian Simon Schama, Independent editor Simon Kelner and Julie Burchill.
(12) Nevertheless, in the Australian last week, Dennis Shanahan assured us that Twiggy is “a compassionate and visionary billionaire” whose “strengths and insights” have “translated into some fine and viable policy options”.
(13) • Twiggy Garcia is a DJ and blogger Lola Okolosie: Mindfulness instead of voting isn't enough "If people are informed, enlightened, awake, change will come," writes Brand.
(14) He said marketing campaigns using Twiggy and Jamie Redknapp were confusing customers because "you wouldn't see those sort of people shopping in there".
(15) Rihanna mingled with Zaha Hadid, Kate Moss with Peter Blake, Twiggy with Bianca Jagger, Kanye West with Richard E Grant.
(16) The Lib Dems have beaten the airbrushing drum loudly in recent months with MP Jo Swinson heading a campaign that managed to claim the scalp of an Olay ad featuring the model Twiggy last December .
(17) She joins from Trent FM, where she co-hosted the Jo & Twiggy breakfast show.
(18) Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest at the opening of the Firetail facility in the north-west of Western Australia, 6 May 2013.
(19) M&S is famed for sensible knickers, prawn sandwiches and Twiggy – but can it make a name for itself as a bank?
(20) A group of investors led by journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil has bought the talent agency PFD, which represents celebrities including Simon Schama, Lord Attenborough and Twiggy.