fidget
/ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ verb C2- To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
- To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
He/she/it fidgets · Past fidgeted · Past participle fidgeted · -ing form fidgeting
Verb forms
- Base form
- fidget
- He/she/it
- fidgets
- Past
- fidgeted
- Past participle
- fidgeted
- -ing form
- fidgeting
From the library
Lestrade and Mycroft were fidgeting in their seats and looking twice a minute at their watches.
She began at length to recover, to fidget about in her chair, get up, sit down again, wonder, and bless herself.
Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.
More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall.
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