fidget
verb (used without object)
to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
are fidgeting
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present progressiveof fidget.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are fidgeting around a meeting room table, waiting for the player who is supposed to take them on a holiday shopping spree.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2015
"They want not to wake up in the morning with a gnawing realization that they are fidgeting until they die."
From Time Magazine Archive
Up at the front of the room, the kids around Matt are fidgeting, but he’s completely still, as though preparing to give a speech in front of a hundred-something kids is no big deal.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
You are fidgeting him and making the place hot.”
From The Black Bar by M.L.P.
