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   fidget

   /ˈfɪdʒɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience: "the audience began to fidget and whisper" Similar move restlesslywrigglesquirmtwitchjigglewrithetwistshufflebe jitterybe anxiousbe agitatedplayfusstoytwiddlefool aboutfool aroundtrifleinformal:fiddlemess aboutmess aroundhave ants in one's pantsOpposite sit stillbe at ease
   • ▪ be impatient or uneasy: "he was fidgeting to get back to his shop"

   noun

   • 1. a person who fidgets. Similar restless personbundle of nervesinformal:cat on hot brickscat on a hot tin roof
   • ▪ a state of mental or physical restlessness or unease: "Captain Osborne had the fidgets" Similar restlessnessnervousnessfidgetinessuneaseuneasinessinformal:the jitterstwitchiness

   Word Origin late 17th century: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fidgeter noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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