fidget



fidget about

To compulsively move around in a nervous or restless manner. Mary, stop fidgeting about like that and sit still! My mother always fidgets about the house when we have company.
See also: fidget

fidget around

to wiggle and twitch nervously. The child sat there, fidgeting around for over ten minutes. Please don't fidget around so.
See also: around, fidget

fidget with something

to play with something nervously. Please don't fidget with your zipper. Carl is always fidgeting with his left ear.
See also: fidget

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nura-Arabic
RaRAHEgyptian Mythology
Ceciliothe-THEE-lyo (Spanish), se-SEE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), che-CHEE-lyo (Italian)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
GotthardGAWT-hahrtGerman
Duri-Korean
Vergilius-Ancient Roman