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
Applause intermingled with tears as the families of the Camp Mystic campers and counselors looked on, many with small children fidgeting in their Sunday-best attire behind the governor.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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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At 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, Huff at his best has good bend and some twitch to his game.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
6 Jan. 2026
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No sound effect makes people squirm quite like grinding teeth.—
William Earl,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2026
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Martin is a tough, no-nonsense, Logan Roy kind of patriarch, inclined to making his children squirm.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Someone off camera then tossed him that actual T-shirt.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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Failing to get a criminal conviction tossed and again complaining about the conditions at Rikers Island, Weinstein wants to begin negotiations with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s office ahead of his upcoming trial, his lawyer said during a hearing Thursday.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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That jerking motion, combined with detergent and water, loosens dirt from the surfaces of clothing.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
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Oldest sibling Danielle plays mandolin, James plays banjo and resonator guitar, his twin, Mark, plays guitar and Michael plays fiddle.—
Jenelyn Russo,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 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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One design aspect that sets it apart from its competitors is its shake alert feature that reminds you to wiggle the contents of the basket at the optimal time.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
27 Dec. 2025
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When it’s done, the center should still wiggle like a gentle Jell-O dance.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
20 Dec. 2025
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“Fidget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fidget. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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