fidget

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fid·get1 /ˈfɪdʒɪt/ verb [intransitive]  MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto keep moving your hands or feet, especially because you are bored or nervous 〔尤因厌烦或紧张〕坐立不安，手足无措 The kids had started to fidget. 孩子们开始坐立不安起来。fidget with Stop fidgeting with your pens! 别拿钢笔晃来晃去的！► see thesaurus at move→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

fidget• At the postgame press conference he brought his glove, sat it on the table in front of him and commenced fidgeting.• Hardin fidgeted and stood on his toes to better his view.• She glared at the little boy, who had started fidgeting in his chair.• In the sitting room, Alida Thorne sat and fidgeted, like a parlourmaid banished below-stairs.• A few students fidgeted nervously in their chairs.• Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.• The small audience had begun to fidget on their rickety folded chairs.• Stop fidgeting, Sally, and pay attention.• They fidget, sit on their feet and fold little fingers around stubby pencils, sweating out an exercise in mathematics.• Antoine sat, colours still fidgeting through his crown, that smile still lighting his face.• He fidgeted through speeches by his wife, Camille, and Rep.• The manager was waiting for her at the desk, deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon.fidget2 noun [countable] informal  MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONsomeone who is unable to sit or stand still 坐立不安的人

Examples from the Corpus

fidget• Michael's younger sister found him a fidget in church and thought it was fidgeting to excess.• So delighted with the little moral scene was she that she sat on til recess at 12: 30 without a fidget.• She watched him seeing it all, feeling it all, assimilating his surroundings with no fidget or fluster.• The empty air was still vibrating slightly with the suppressed fidgets of children.Origin fidget1 (1600-1700) fidge “to move uncontrollably” ((16-19 centuries))

fid·get1 verbfidget2 nounChineseSyllable  

keep moving feet, Corpus or to your hands

fidget

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fid‧get¹ /ˈfɪdʒət, ˈfɪdʒɪt/ verb [intransitive]to keep moving your hands or feet, especially because you are bored or nervous:
    The kids had started to fidget.
    fidget with
    Stop fidgeting with your pens!
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ move to go to a different place, or change the position of your body: Sarah moved away from the window. | Every time I move I get a pain in my left shoulder.
   ▪ sway to move slowly from one side to the other: The branches swayed in the wind. | Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.
   ▪ rock to move repeatedly from one side to another, with small gentle movements: He rocked backward and forward in his chair. | The boat rocked from side to side with the waves.
   ▪ wobble to move unsteadily from side to side: The bike wobbled a bit, but she soon got it under control.
   ▪ fidget to keep moving or playing with your fingers, hands, feet etc, because you are bored or nervous: Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.
   ▪ squirm to make very small movements from side to side with your body, especially because you feel uncomfortable: By the end of the hour, most of the children were squirming in their seats.
   ▪ wriggle to make small movements from side to side, especially in order to get into or out of something: The dog wriggled under the fence and escaped into the street. | She managed to wriggle into the dress, but it was much too tight.
   ▪ twitch if part of your body twitches, it makes small movements that you cannot control: A muscle on Yang’s face twitched.
   ▪ stir written to make a movement – used especially when describing a situation in which no one moves, or someone wakes up: In the village a dog barked but no one stirred | The sleeping child stirred and opened her eyes.
   ▪ budge to move – used when you are trying hard to make something move, often without success: The piano wouldn’t budge.

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fidget² noun [countable] informal
someone who is unable to sit or stand still