fidget

[fidg·et]

To fidget is to make little movements with your hands and feet. Even if you're nervous during your job interview, try not to fidget.

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To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

Noun
a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he''s got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"

Verb
move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"


v. i.
To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

n.
Uneasiness; restlessness.

n.
A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.


Fidget

Fidg"et , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fidgeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fodgeting.] [From Fidge; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. Fickle.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. Moore.

Fidget

Fidg"et, n. 1. Uneasiness; restlessness. Cowper. 2. pl. A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. Dunglison.

To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

Uneasiness; restlessness.

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Usage Examples

I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.

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