Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fidget"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to
flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS.
befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.]
To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly,
or by fits and starts. --Moore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fidget \Fidg"et\, n.
1. Uneasiness; restlessness. --Cowper.
2. pl. A general nervous restlessness, manifested by
incessant changes of position; dysphoria. --Dunglison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fidget
n : a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's
got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of
restlessness" [syn: {fidgetiness}, {restlessness}]
v : move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
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