fidget
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈfɪdʒ.ɪt/
fidget (fidgets, present participle fidgeting; past and past participle fidgeted)
- (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
- French: gigoter, remuer
- German: zappeln, herumzappeln
- Portuguese: estar inquieto
- Russian: ёрзать
- Spanish: revolverse
fidget (plural fidgets)
- A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
- (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
- Synonyms: fidgeter
- French: gigoteur
- German: Zappelphilipp
- Russian: егоза́
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