fidget
- to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
- to cause to fidget; make uneasy.
- Often fidgets. the condition or an instance of being nervously restless, uneasy, or impatient.
- Also fidg·et·er. a person who fidgets.
Origin of fidget
Related Words for fidgeting
fret, squirm, twiddle, jiggle, twitch, chafe, trifle, play, fuss, toss, hitch, jump, wiggle, fiddle, bustle, stir, worry, jitter, joggleExamples from the Web for fidgeting
Contemporary Examples of fidgeting
The video, which played on Peruvian television, shows a very nervous Van der Sloot chain smoking and fidgeting in his chair.
We know that thin people spend more of their days standing, walking, and even “fidgeting” than do overweight individuals.
Historical Examples of fidgeting
After fidgeting a moment he added, "Well, I cal'late I'll have to be goin' now."
Thankful's InheritanceJoseph C. Lincoln
It was half-past seven when he returned and found Azuba fidgeting in the dining-room.
Cap'n Dan's DaughterJoseph C. Lincoln
And whichever they say I shall keep on fidgeting until I see what happens after that.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
She had set down the knitting, and was fidgeting, first with her cap and then her apron.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
Archie had been fidgeting in his chair––hardly able to command his politeness.
Billy Topsail & CompanyNorman Duncan
fidget
- (intr) to move about restlessly
- (intr often foll by with) to make restless or uneasy movements (with something); fiddlehe fidgeted with his pen
- (tr) to cause to fidget
- (tr) to cause to worry; make uneasy
- (often plural) a state of restlessness or unease, esp as expressed in continual motionhe's got the fidgets
- a person who fidgets
Word Origin for fidget
Word Origin and History for fidgeting
fidget
1670s (implied in fidgetting); see fidget (n.). Related: Fidgeted.
fidget
1670s, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets, from a 16c. verb fidge "move restlessly," perhaps from Middle English fiken "to fidget, hasten," from Old Norse fikjask "to desire eagerly" (cf. German ficken "to move about briskly;" see fuck).