Fidget
['fɪdʒɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; 'he's got the fidgets'; 'waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness'.
(verb.) move restlessly; 'The child is always fidgeting in his seat'.
Inputed by Huntington--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.
(n.) Uneasiness; restlessness.
(n.) A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.
Typist: Manfred
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Fret, chafe, worry, be uneasy, be restive, be impatient, worry one's self.
n. Uneasiness, restlessness, impatience, fidgetiness.
Editor: Tamara
Definition
v.i. to be unable to rest: to move uneasily:—pr.p. fidg′eting; pa.p. fidg′eted.—n. irregular motion: restlessness: (pl.) general nervous restlessness with a desire of changing the position.—v.i. Fidge to move about restlessly: to be eager.—n. Fidg′etiness.—adj. Fidg′ety restless: uneasy.
Editor: Timmy
Examples
- Edith remained to fidget about. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Very good, I thought; you may fume and fidget as you please: but this is the best plan to pursue with you, I am certain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When you feel it in your stomach, your attention wanders, and you begin to fidget. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She began at length to recover, to fidget about in her chair, get up, sit down again, wonder, and bless herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Don't fidget yourself, and I'll arrange it all. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His lordship was overheard by Lambton, who began to fidget about and redden, and appear very uneasy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But they are also, in widely different ways, rather nervous and sensitive; and you would only fidget one and alarm the other to no purpose. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I fidgeted silently in my place on the sand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Porter fidgeted in his armchair. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- My lady fidgeted in her chair, and changed the subject. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Our guide there fidgeted about as if he had swallowed a spring mattress. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He hemmed--he fidgeted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The European Secretary pulled nervously at his moustache and fidgeted with the seals of his watch-chain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. Bennet was quite in the fidgets. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Yes, it's about her, and though it's a little thing, it fidgets me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- O, that's just one of Mammy's fidgets! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But there was no doing any thing, with Mr. Elton fidgeting behind her and watching every touch. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Will began sheepishly, with his eyes and his fingers fidgeting on the back of a chair; but he grew in height, and in consequence, as he went on. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now, she never will be done fidgeting and worrying about that husband of hers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typed by Jeanette