fidget

Definition

To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• ""Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I.""
• "Will you stop fucking about and fidgeting in my peripherals? I'm trying to concentrate."
• "“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster."