| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fidg·et |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f j t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: fidg·et·ed, fidg·et·ing, fidg·ets
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To behave or move nervously or restlessly. 2. To play or fuss; fiddle: He fidgeted with his notes while lecturing. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to behave or move nervously or restlessly. | | NOUN: | 1. A condition of restlessness as manifested by nervous movements. Often used in the plural with the. 2. One that fidgets. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From obsolete and dialectal fidge, to move restlessly, perhaps from Middle English fiken, of Scandinavian origin.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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