as in to twitch
to make jerky or restless movements
small children are likely to fidget in church
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Recent Examples of fidget
Weaver recalled a recent moment with her youngest daughter, Hadley, describing how the 6-year-old began to fidget and lose focus toward the end of a homework assignment.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Quiet rooms are available for overstimulated campers, stocked with noise-canceling headphones and fidget toys.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
In your experience, do people fidget to purposely get non-conclusive results?
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Instead, the players stood behind him patiently — fidgeting now and then, their faces mainly expressionless — as Trump answered questions that mostly related to the potential of U.S. involvement in Israel’s war against Iran.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Quiet rooms are available for overstimulated campers, stocked with noise-canceling headphones and fidget toys.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
In your experience, do people fidget to purposely get non-conclusive results?
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Instead, the players stood behind him patiently — fidgeting now and then, their faces mainly expressionless — as Trump answered questions that mostly related to the potential of U.S. involvement in Israel’s war against Iran.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fidget
Verb
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Her hand twitched from the heat.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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What happens next in the final minutes of The Vanishing will leave viewers squirming in their seats and hoping against hope for our vulnerable leading man.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The open section of their session lasted for 15 minutes — and Howe will have squirmed through every second — but there were laughs amid the stretches and shuttle runs.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Baldwin originally filed the lawsuit in New Mexico state court in January, months after his criminal case for involuntary manslaughter was tossed (prosecutors ultimately declined to appeal).—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sprinkle over pretzels and toss until fully coated.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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Even the coldest heart has been melted by the tear-jerking video of a cat trying her best to clean her ears after they were cut off due to cancer.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Paul goes to shake her hand but jerks it back, then gives her a left-handed handshake.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Congress fiddles while structural defects in Medicare and Social Security threaten to engulf the programs.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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But in private, Arthur advises her to exercise a little more discretion in her, um, fiddling.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That led to him extending both hands and wiggling them in a wave-type motion.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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First, wiggle your hips; then, wipe, stand up, and sit back down to pee again.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Fidget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fidget. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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