Definition of FIDGET

fidget

Plural: fidgets

Noun

  • a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
    • "he's got the fidgets"
  • A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
  • A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
  • An object intended to be fidgeted with (such as a tool or toy).

Verb

Verb Forms: fidgeted, fidgeting, fidgets

  • To make small, restless movements with the hands or feet.
  • move restlessly
    • "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
  • To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
  • To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.

Examples

  • He began to FIDGET as the timer ticked down, unable to find a high-scoring word.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 11

fidget: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fidget: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fidget: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

fidget: valid Words With Friends Word