Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete)To fidget; jostle or shake.

Origin

Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle;

Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.

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Forms

fidges, fidging, fidged, fidged

regular · Lesson

Base formfidge · to fidge
3rd person singularfidges
Present participlefidging
Past simplefidged
Past participlefidged

Tenses

fidge · fidged · will fidge · have fidged

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfidge
he, she, itfidges

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fidged
he, she, ithas fidged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fidge

Past simpleLesson

all personsfidged

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fiddleC1fiddlerC1fiddlyC1fidelityfidgetfidgetyfido

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