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Definition of Fidget
1. Noun. A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion. "Waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
Generic synonyms: Agitation
Specialized synonyms: Impatience
Derivative terms: Fidgety, Fidgety
2. Verb. Move restlessly. "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
Definition of Fidget
1. v. i. To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.
2. n. Uneasiness; restlessness.
Definition of Fidget
1. Verb. (intransitive) to wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fidget
1. to move nervously or restlessly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidget
Literary usage of Fidget
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cabinet: A Series of Essays, Moral and Literary by Archibald Bell, Henry Glassford Bell (1835)
"I WAS lately invited to spend a day with my old friend Mr fidget, at his villa,
... Mr fidget is a bachelor, somewhat advanced in years, and has contracted ..."
2. A View of the English Stage...: Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms by William Hazlitt, W. Spencer Jackson (1906)
"HARLEY'S fidget. [Lyceum] August 6, 1815. MR. HARLEY 2 is an addition to the
comic strength of the Lyceum. We have not seen him in the part of Leatherhead, ..."
3. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"I shall therefore begin with persons of condition ; and the first I shall undertake
shall be the lady fidget, the general visitant, and Will Voluble, ..."
4. Talking Business by John Mantle Clapp, L. N. Andres (1919)
"Do Not fidget Do not fidget. Most of us do that also. There are few people who
have not the habit of stroking the face, moving the feet, playing with ..."
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