fidget

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: fidgetinessrestlessness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion“he's got the fidgets”“waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness”Synonyms: fidgetinessrestlessness

Verb (1)

  1. move restlessly“The child is always fidgeting in his seat”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]

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