fidget
English
Etymology
From fidge (“to fidget”) + -et (frequentative ending).
Pronunciation
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Verb
fidget (third-person singular simple present fidgets, present participle fidgeting or fidgetting, simple past and past participle fidgeted or fidgetted)
- (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott[1]:
Derived terms
Translations
to move around nervously
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Noun
fidget (plural fidgets)
- A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
- (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
- Synonym: fidgeter
Derived terms
Translations
a person who fidgets
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