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fidget

[ fij-it ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
  2. to play with something in a restless or nervous way; fiddle:

    The boy kept fidgeting with the toy instead of paying attention.



verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to fidget; make uneasy: He was fidgeted by a hunch that the girl was going to cause trouble.

noun

  1. Often fidgets. the condition or an instance of being nervously restless, uneasy, or impatient.
  2. Also fidgeter. a person who fidgets.

fidget

/ ˈɪɪ /

verb

  1. intr to move about restlessly
  2. introften foll bywith to make restless or uneasy movements (with something); fiddle

    he fidgeted with his pen

  3. tr to cause to fidget
  4. tr to cause to worry; make uneasy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a state of restlessness or unease, esp as expressed in continual motion

    he's got the fidgets

  2. a person who fidgets
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈھ岵پԲ, adverb
  • ˈھ岵ٲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ھ岵··Բ· adverb
  • ܲ·ھ岵··Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fidget1

First recorded in 1665–75; compare dialectal fidge “to fidget,” akin to the synonymous expressive words fitch, fig, fike; compare Old Norse īᲹ “to be eager,” Old Swedish īᲹ “to be restless”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fidget1

C17: from earlier fidge , probably from Old Norse īᲹ to desire eagerly
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