English

Verb

fidget ‎(third-person singular simple present fidgets, present participle fidgeting or fidgetting, simple past and past participle fidgeted or fidgetted)

1. (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."

2. (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott:

     “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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Noun

fidget ‎(plural fidgets)

1. (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

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See also

• have the fidgets

Anagrams

• gifted