fidget

🇺🇸 /ˈfɪdʒɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfɪdʒɪt/
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verb
R

to move around restlessly, especially because you are nervous or bored

He was fidgeting with his pen during the long meeting.

noun
R

a person who is always moving or adjusting things restlessly

She's a bit of a fidget and can't sit still for a moment.

translation

v. to move around restlessly, especially because you are nervous or bored
n. a person who is always moving or adjusting things restlessly

Word Forms

3rd Present fidgets
Progressive fidgeting
Past fidgeted
Plural fidgets
Perfect fidgeted