A small, thin branch of a tree or bush. The bird perched on a twig, chirping happily.
A slender shoot of a plant. She used a twig to draw patterns in the sand.
A small or subsidiary branch or offshoot, especially used figuratively to refer to a minor division in a family, organization, or abstract structure. Their start-up was just a tiny twig on the vast corporate tree.
A hockey stick (North American informal). He snapped his twig during the overtime period.