'Fidget' definitions:
Definition of 'fidget'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness" [syn: fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness]
verb
Move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
Definition of 'Fidget'
From: GCIDE
- Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fidgeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fodgeting.] [From Fidge; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. Fickle.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. --Moore. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fidget'
From: GCIDE
- Fidget \Fidg"et\, n.
- 1. Uneasiness; restlessness. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fidget'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- chafe,
- coquet,
- dabble,
- dally,
- dither,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- fidgetiness,
- finger with,
- flip out,
- flirt,
- flutter,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- freak out on,
- fret,
- fribble,
- frivol,
- fuss,
- fuss-budget,
- fusspot,
- get high on,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- have the fidgets,
- have the jitters,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- heebie-jeebies,
- horse around,
- idle,
- itch,
- itchiness,
- jerk,
- jerk off,
- jig,
- jigger,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jitter,
- kid around,
- loiter,
- mess around,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- nervousness,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play with,
- potter,
- putter,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- restlessness,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shuffle,
- smatter,
- squirm,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- tinker,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- toy,
- toy with,
- tremble,
- trifle,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- twiddle,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- uneasiness,
- vellicate,
- wiggle,
- wriggle,
- writhe