FIDGET

fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness

(noun) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; “he’s got the fidgets”; “waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness”

fidget

(verb) move restlessly; “The child is always fidgeting in his seat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

fidget (third-person singular simple present fidgets, present participle fidgetting or fidgeting, simple past and past participle fidgetted or fidgeted)

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.

(transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.

Noun

fidget (plural fidgets)

A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.

(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

Synonym: fidgeter

A toy intended to be fidgeted with.

Anagrams

• gifted

Source: Wiktionary


Fidg"et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fidgeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fodgeting.] Etym: [From Fidge; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. Fickle.]

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

Fidg"et, n.

1. Uneasiness; restlessness. Cowper.

2. pl.

Definition: A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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