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to fidget
01
to make small, restless movements or gestures due to nervousness or impatience
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
fidget
3rd person singular
fidgets
Present participle
fidgeting
Past simple
fidgeted
Past participle
fidgeted
Examples
The child could n't sit still and kept fidgeting in his chair during the long car ride.
Fidget
01
a small, restless movement or series of movements expressing nervousness, impatience, or agitation
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
fidgets
Examples
The child 's fidget made it hard for him to sit still during class.
