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fidget

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/

The English word “fidget” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
  2. To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.

noun

  1. A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
  2. A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
  3. An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with.

Etymology

From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.

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