fidget
verb/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
/ˈfɪdʒɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fidget | /ˈfɪdʒɪt/ /ˈfɪdʒɪt/ |
| he / she / it fidgets | /ˈfɪdʒɪts/ /ˈfɪdʒɪts/ |
| past simple fidgeted | /ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/ /ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/ |
| past participle fidgeted | /ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/ /ˈfɪdʒɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form fidgeting | /ˈfɪdʒɪtɪŋ/ /ˈfɪdʒɪtɪŋ/ |
- fidget (with something) to keep moving your body, your hands or your feet because you are nervous, bored, excited, etc.
- Sit still and stop fidgeting!
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- He fidgeted nervously in his chair.
- She fidgeted with her keys as she talked.
- The boy blushed and began to fidget.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- nervously
- uncomfortably
- slightly
- …
- with
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.Want to learn more?
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