What does the word fidget mean?

    Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

  • To make fidgety; worry; move restlessly.

  • Part of speech: noun

  • Nervous restlessness.

Usage examples for fidget

  1. There was one pitcher by the name of Brown who acted nervous all the time and wou1d fidget on the mound, shake his arms and keep leaning down to pick up pebbles while getting ready to pitch. – The Biography of a Rabbit by Roy Benson, Jr.
  2. I'm in a fidget- I must walk it off." – What Maisie Knew by Henry James
  3. She looked at him thoughtfully for so long a time that Horry began to get red once more and to fidget on his chair. – Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins
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