Definition of fidget
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: uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements
—usually used in plural
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If the fidget spinner theme didn’t tip you off, the fair is geared toward families and samples the best of what this big state represents.
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Malinowski said the theater chain partnered with national advocacy nonprofit Autism Speaks to train staff and create a sensory-sensitive environment, including by allowing guests to bring small fidgets, blankets, and other comfort items.
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Cousins Jaylen Manley, left, Josh Barrow-Adams and Elisha Adams show off some of their wares, including aroma-therapy bracelets and a new kind of fidget toy.
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There are fidget toys and other games as well as visual aids to help provide a distraction and calm anxiety.
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Andy Ross is a fidget spinner of a man, quiet, apparently motionless, but going a thousand miles an hour.
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For example, wearing gloves to prevent picking or playing with a fidget spinner to keep your hands busy.
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And now, Kim Kardashian is getting in on the trend with a questionable fidget spinner all of her own.
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News of Baden-Powell’s experiment, as well as the publication of the new manual, turned scouting into a full-blown infatuation — like fidget spinners, but with a purpose.
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Origin and Etymology of fidget
irregular from fidge
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 1674
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of fidget
: to cause to move or act nervously
Examples of fidget in a Sentence
He was constantly fidgeting in his chair.
small children are likely to fidget in church
Recent Examples of fidget from the Web
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As Trump harangued Nielsen for more than 30 minutes in front of the Cabinet this month, other aides grimaced and fidgeted.
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As Trump harangued Nielsen for more than 30 minutes in front of the Cabinet this month, other aides grimaced and fidgeted.
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As Trump harangued Nielsen for more than 30 minutes in front of the Cabinet this month, other aides grimaced and fidgeted.
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Beth Warren Natasha Turpin began to fidget, tapping her foot on the car floorboard on the way to see her two youngest children.
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The children of the rich and famous – at least one future billionaire among them – were spending their spare time dabbling with orgonites, which just happen to have a slightly more fraught history than, say, fidget spinners or terrariums.
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Don’t speak, don’t fidget, and for God’s sake, don’t look at your phone.
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Loose and ebullient, Trump took questions for 75 minutes, as his aides fidgeted in their chairs.
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But the Economic Roundtable found in 2015 that 80% of vendors sell merchandise like hats, scarves, fidget spinners or phone accessories.
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First Known Use of fidget
1754
FIDGET Defined for English Language Learners
fidget
Definition of fidget for English Language Learners
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: to make a lot of small movements because you are nervous, bored, etc. : to move or act in a nervous or restless way
FIDGET Defined for Kids
Definition of fidget for Students
fidgeted;
fidgeting
: to move in a restless or nervous way
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