Fidget

/ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
2. (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
3. (countable) A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
4. (informal, countable) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
5. (countable) An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with.
6. (uncountable) Short for fidget house.

Example Sentences

"Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."

Will you stop fucking about and fidgeting in my peripherals? I'm trying to concentrate.

“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.

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Word Forms

• fidgets
• fidgeting
• fidgetting
• fidgeted
• fidgetted

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