Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a twig or twigs, as in slenderness or fragility.
- adjective Abounding in twigs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or resembling twigs; made of twigs.
- Full of twigs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of ground or a plant Having many
twigs . - adjective of a person
Thin andangular .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective thin as a twig
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Examples
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Tasted without food, it's what I can only describe as twiggy - it's as if they have crushed the vines along with the grapes.
Archive 2006-08-01 Haalo 2006
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Tasted without food, it's what I can only describe as twiggy - it's as if they have crushed the vines along with the grapes.
Wine Blogging Wednesday #24 Haalo 2006
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The computer up for sale is a 2/5, the owner thinks it was one of the original Lisas converted to a Lisa 2, as evidenced by the "twiggy" Power Connector in the Diskette bay and serial number.
Cult of Mac 2009
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The computer up for sale is a 2/5, the owner thinks it was one of the original Lisas converted to a Lisa 2, as evidenced by the "twiggy" Power Connector in the Diskette bay and serial number.
Cult of Mac 2009
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My arms and hands look kind of twiggy, and my wedding ring slid off when I was doing the dishes the other day.
Cheaper Than Therapy 2008
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She flung a pair of twiggy arms round my neck and the slick black hair that spilt from her head and down her shoulders stuck to my cheek and lips.
Three Mississippi Sally Houtman 2011
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A twiggy arm threaded its way through my elbow and I pulled it close.
Three Mississippi Sally Houtman 2011
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He encouraged games with high action violence or gigantic boobs on twiggy girls and, more often than not, a combination of the two.
[Bx4VG]: Metroid: Other M « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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The girls giggled in back while the boys went first—twiggy boys in huge down jackets and oversize jeans, the crotches hanging below their knees.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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She pushed them away with the twiggy end of the rowan branch and pulled herself along faster.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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