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fidget
/ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
noun 3verb 2
Collocations
2(verb.)
ADV
nervously
PREP
with
He fidgeted with his phone throughout the entire boring meeting.
Definitions
verb
1
To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
"Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
Will you stop fucking about and fidgeting in my peripherals? I'm trying to concentrate.
2
To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
noun
1
A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
2
A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
3
An object intended to be fidgeted with (such as a tool or toy).
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
- fidgetiness
- restlessness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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"Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
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Will you stop fucking about and fidgeting in my peripherals? I'm trying to concentrate.
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“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
Wiktionary04
He is always in a fidget.
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Herzl waited in the dimly lit room. At times he would fidget restlessly in boredom.
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He is a terrible fidget.
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