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fidget
- /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪdʒɪt
Where it comes from
From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.
verb fidgets · fidgeting · fidgetting · fidgeted · fidgetted
- 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."
- 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 fidgets
- A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
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A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
Similar: fidgeter
- An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with.
- Short for fidget house
Translations
Every language
verb to move around nervously
| Español | revolverse, no quedarse quieto, no parar de moverse, moverse nerviosamente, moverse compulsivamente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 안절부절못하다 anjeolbujeolmothada |
| 日本語 | せかせかする |
| 中文 | 坐立不安 zuòlìbù'ān |
| Português | estar inquieto |
| Français | gigoter, remuer |
| Deutsch | zappeln, herumzappeln |
| Română | a se foi |
| Русский | ёрзать jórzatʹ, верте́ться vertétʹsja |
| العربية | تَمَلْمَلَ tamalmala |
noun a person who fidgets
| Français | gigoteur |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Zappelphilipp |
| Ελληνικά | νευρόσπαστο nevróspasto |
| Русский | егоза́ jegozá, непосе́да neposéda |
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