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   Fidg·et

   /ˈfijət/

   

   verb

   • 1. make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience: "the audience had begun to fidget on their chairs" Similar move restlesslywrigglesquirmtwitchjigglewrithetwistshufflebe jitterybe anxiousbe agitatedplayfusstoytwiddlefool aroundtrifleinformal:fiddlemess aroundhave ants in one's pantsOpposite sit stillbe at ease
   • ▪ make (someone) uneasy or uncomfortable: "she fidgets me with her never-ending spit and polish"

   noun

   • 1. a quick, small movement, typically a repeated one, caused by nervousness or impatience: "he disturbed other people with convulsive fidgets"
   • ▪ a person given to repeated nervous or impatient movements, especially one whom other people find irritating. Similar restless personbundle of nervesinformal:cat on hot brickscat on a hot tin roof
   • ▪ a state of mental or physical restlessness or uneasiness: "a marketing person full of nervous energy and fidgets" Similar restlessnessnervousnessfidgetinessuneaseuneasinessinformal:the jitterstwitchiness

   Word Origin late 17th century: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fidgeter noun

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