fidget

To fidget is defined as to make small movements, often because you are restless, nervous or uncomfortable.

(verb)

An example of fidget is a child who moves around a lot in his chair on a plane because he is restless and bored.

See fidget in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: < obs. fidge, to fidget < ME fichen < ? or akin to ON fìkja, to fidget

intransitive verb

to move about in a restless, nervous, or uneasy way

transitive verb

to make restless or uneasy

See fidget in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb fidg·et·ed, fidg·et·ing, fidg·ets

verb, intransitive

verb, transitive

To cause to behave or move nervously or restlessly.

noun

A condition of restlessness as manifested by nervous movements. Often used in the plural with the.
One that fidgets.

Origin:

Origin: From obsolete and dialectal fidge, to move restlessly

Origin: , perhaps from Middle English fiken

Origin: , of Scandinavian origin

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