Complete Definition of "fidget"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-fidget.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪd�ɪt|-ɪd�ɪt

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
to fidget

  1. to wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly

#*1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."

Translations
Finnish: vääntelehtiä, liikehtiä hermostuneesti

Noun
en-noun

  1. informal A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

See also
have the fidgets

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