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fidg·et

   [fij-it]
verb (used without object)
1.
to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
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verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to fidget; make uneasy.

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noun
3.
Often, fidgets. the condition or an instance of being nervously restless, uneasy, or impatient.
4.
Also, fidg·et·er. a person who fidgets.
Origin:
1665–75; compare dial. fidge to fidget, akin to the synonymous expressive words fitch, fig, fike; compare Old Norse fīkjast to be eager, Old Swedish fīkja to be restless

Related forms
fidg·et·ing·ly, adverb
un·fidg·et·ing, adjective
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  • If you're not meeting them, then by all means, fidget.
  • They can help you learn not to fidget and explain that you need to floss before going on camera.
  • Senses wandering, the sick would chatter and fidget restlessly, plucking at their bedclothes.
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fidget (ˈfɪdʒɪt)
 
—vb (often foll by with)
1.  (intr) to move about restlessly
2.  to make restless or uneasy movements (with something); fiddle: he fidgeted with his pen
3.  (tr) to cause to fidget
4.  (tr) to cause to worry; make uneasy
 
—n
5.  (often plural) a state of restlessness or unease, esp as expressed in continual motion: he's got the fidgets
6.  a person who fidgets
 
[C17: from earlier fidge, probably from Old Norse fīkjast to desire eagerly]
 
'fidgetingly
 
—adv
 
'fidgety
 
—adj

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fidget
1670s, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets, from a 16c. verb fidge "move restlessly," from M.E. fiken "to fidget, hasten," from O.N. fikjask "to desire eagerly" (cf. Ger. ficken "to move about briskly;" see fuck). The verb fidget is first attested 1670s (implied in
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fidgetting). Related: Fidgeted.
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