Fidget Definition
fĭjĭt
fidgeted, fidgeting, fidgets
verb
fidgeted, fidgeting, fidgets
To move about in a restless, nervous, or impatient way.
Webster's New World
To play or fuss; fiddle.
He fidgeted with his notes while lecturing.
American Heritage
To cause to behave or move nervously or restlessly.
American Heritage
To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
fidgets
A condition of restlessness as manifested by nervous movements. Often used with the:
A bored child who had the fidgets.
American Heritage
The state of being restless, nervous, or uneasy.
Webster's New World
One that fidgets.
American Heritage
A fidgety person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- restlessness
- fidgetiness
- willies
- jim-jams
- heebie-jeebies
- shake
- all-overs
- tremble
- shiver
- jump
- Often used in plural: jitter
idiom
the fidgets
- behavior characterized by restlessness, nervous movements, etc.
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fidget
- the fidgets
Origin of Fidget
From obsolete and dialectal fidge to move restlessly perhaps from Middle English fiken of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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