Sekirov Dictionary

fidget

/ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 5

noun4

A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with.
(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
Short for fidget house.

verb2

•
To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
- "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I." — 1881
•
To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
- “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. — 1904

forms

fidgeted · fidgetted · fidgeting · fidgetting · fidgets

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