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fidgeted Definition


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fidget
verb fidgeted, fidgeting
    intr
    1. To move about restlessly and aimlessly.
      Example: The little boy wouldn't stop fidgeting
      Thesaurus: fret, stir, twitch, squirm.
    2. To touch and handle it aimlessly.
      Thesaurus: play around, toy, fiddle.
      Form: fidget with something (often)
noun
    1. A person who fidgets.
    2. Nervous restlessness.
      Example: He's got the fidgets
      Form: the fidgets
Derivative: fidgetiness
noun
    Derivative: fidgety
    adj
      Having nervous or restless movements
        Thesaurus: nervous, uneasy, edgy, on edge, restless, jumpy, skittish, jittery; Antonym: still.
    Etymology: 17c: from earlier fidge to twitch.



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