fidget
fidget · fidgets
беспокойство, беспокойность
Unruhe, Ruhelosigkeit
A nervous wriggling or twitching motionA nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
/ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/
» Tom fidgeted in his chair.
Том ёрзал на стуле.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
(countable, informal)A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
Zappelphilipp
егоза́jegozá, непосе́даneposéda
(countable)An object, such as a tool or toy, intended to be fidgeted with.
More definitions
- a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
Examples
32 sentencesTom fidgeted in his chair.
ruТом ёрзал на стуле.
Tom fidgeted uncomfortably.
He is always in a fidget.
Tom fidgeted with his hands nervously.
Mary fidgeted with her hands nervously.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a person who fidgets:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person who fidgets:
Origin
From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-tenFrom fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.
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Forms
plural: fidgetsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion:fidgetinessrestlessness
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable