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Meaning of Twig | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

twɪɡ

Definitions

A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed.
slang

Equivalents

العربية الغصين عسلوج عود غصن غُصَّيْن

Беларуская галіна Галі́нка

Bosanski grančica risu šaka vara vara varga гранчица

Čeština ratolest větvička

Dansk kvist

Deutsch checken mitbekommen mitkriegen Zweig

Ελληνικά κλαρί κλωνάρι

Español quirina ramilla ramita vara

Eesti oks

Suomi risu varpa varpu vitsa vitsas

Français brindille capter entraver piger

Gaeilge craobhóg

Gàidhlig bioran faillean geug meangan meanglan ògan òganach slat tuig

Galego bringa canipa galla garabullo garfelo garfo gargallo guizo pértega vara varelo verga

हिन्दी टहनी

Hrvatski grančica risu šaka vara vara varga гранчица

Magyar gally

Հայերեն շիվ

Bahasa Indonesia ranting

Íslenska kvistur

Italiano rametto ramoscello verga

日本語もや小枝枝気づく

한국어 扠 나뭇가지

Kurdî bîsk pîger

Latina pullulus rāmulus viminalis virga

Lietuvių šaka šakelė suvokti

Latviešu zars

Te Reo Māori rara

Македонски гранче

മലയാളം ചുള്ളി

Bahasa Melayu ranting

Nederlands twijg

Polski gałązka habina wić witka

Português galho imaginar ramo

Română nuia vargă

Русский ветка веточка догадаться просе́чь смекнуть

Slovenščina vejica

Shqip bisk

Српски grančica risu šaka vara vara varga гранчица

Svenska fatta greppa kvist

தமிழ் சுள்ளி

తెలుగు రెమ్మ

ไทย กิ่ง

Tagalog sangay siit

Türkçe çalı çırpı

Українська віта вітка галузка гілка гілочка різка

Tiếng Việt canh nhánh

Examples

“They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Schwarzenegger was long past his professional bodybuilding days when he and Carrere shot the tango scene, but he wasn’t a twig.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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