fidget as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
fidget
noun
1 fidget
A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion:
— He's got the fidgets.
synonyms: fidgetiness, restlessness.
Roget 682:
activity;
briskness,
liveliness
etc.
adj.;
animation,
life,
vivacity,
spirit,
dash,
energy;
snap,
vim.
nimbleness,
agility;
smartness,
quickness
etc.
adj.;
velocity,
etc.
274;
alacrity,
promptitude;
despatch,
dispatch;
expedition;
haste
etc.
684;
punctuality
etc.
(early)
132.
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
perfervidum aingenium [Lat.],
empressement [Fr.],
earnestness,
intentness;
abandon;
vigor
etc.
(physical energy)
171;
devotion
etc.
(resolution)
604;
exertion
etc.
686.
industry,
assiduity;
assiduousness
etc.
adj.;
sedulity;
laboriousness;
drudgery
etc.
(labor)
686;
painstaking,
diligence;
perseverance
etc.
604.1;
indefatigation†;
habits of business.
vigilance
etc.
459;
wakefulness;
sleeplessness,
restlessness;
insomnia;
pervigilium†,
insomnium†;
racketing.
movement,
bustle,
stir,
fuss,
ado,
bother,
pottering,
fidget,
fidgetiness;
flurry
etc.
(haste)
684.
officiousness;
dabbling,
meddling;
interference,
interposition,
intermeddling;
tampering with,
intrigue.
press of business,
no sinecure,
plenty to do,
many irons in the fire,
great doings,
busy hum of men,
battle of life,
thick of the action.
housewife,
busy bee;
new brooms;
sharp fellow,
sharp blade;
devotee,
enthusiast,
zealot,
meddler,
intermeddler,
intriguer,
busybody,
pickthank†;
hummer,
hustler,
live man [U.S.],
rustler [U.S.].
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Roget 684:
haste,
urgency;
despatch,
dispatch;
acceleration,
spurt,
spirt†,
forced march,
rush,
dash;
speed,
velocity
etc.
274;
precipitancy,
precipitation,
precipitousness
etc.
adj.;
impetuosity;
brusquerie†;
hurry,
drive,
scramble,
bustle,
fuss,
fidget,
flurry,
flutter,
splutter.
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verb
1 fidget
Move restlessly.
Roget 825:
be impatient
etc.
adj.;
not be able to bear
etc.
826;
bear ill,
wince,
chafe,
champ a bit;
be in a stew
etc.
n.;
be out of all patience,
fidget,
fuss,
not have a wink of sleep;
toss on one's pillow.
lose one's temper
etc.
900;
break out,
burst out,
fly out;
go off,
fly off,
fly off at a tangent,
fly off the handle,
lose one's cool [Coll.];
explode,
flare up,
flame up,
fire up,
burst into a flame,
take fire,
fire,
burn;
boil,
boil over;
foam,
fume,
rage,
rave,
rant,
tear;
go wild,
run wild,
run mad,
go into hysterics;
run riot,
run amuck;
battre la campagne [Fr.],
faire le diable a quatre [Fr.],
play the deuce.
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Dutch: friemelen
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fidgets
noun
Roget 149:
changeableness
etc.
adj.;
mutability,
inconstancy;
versatility,
mobility;
instability,
unstable equilibrium;
vacillation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fluctuation,
vicissitude;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314.
restlessness
etc.
adj..
fidgets,
disquiet;
disquietude,
inquietude;
unrest;
agitation
etc.
315.
moon,
Proteus,
chameleon,
quicksilver,
shifting sands,
weathercock,
harlequin,
Cynthia of the minute,
April showers†;
wheel of Fortune;
transientness
etc.
111†.
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Roget 825:
excitability,
impetuosity,
vehemence;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
turbulence;
impatience,
intolerance,
nonendurance†;
irritability
etc.
(irascibility)
901;
itching
etc.
(desire)
865;
wincing;
disquiet,
disquietude;
restlessness;
fidgets,
fidgetiness;
agitation
etc.
(irregular motion)
315.
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle,
hurry,
fuss,
flurry;
fluster,
flutter;
pother,
stew,
ferment;
whirl;
buck fever;
hurry-skurry†,
thrill
etc.
(feeling)
821;
state of excitement,
fever of excitement;
transport.
passion,
excitement,
flush,
heat;
fever,
heat;
fire,
flame,
fume,
blood boiling;
tumult;
effervescence,
ebullition;
boiling over;
whiff,
gust,
story,
tempest;
scene,
breaking out,
burst,
fit,
paroxysm,
explosion;
outbreak,
outburst;
agony.
violence
etc.
173;
fierceness
etc.
adj.;
rage,
fury,
furor,
furore†,
desperation,
madness,
distraction,
raving,
delirium;
phrensy†,
frenzy,
hysterics;
intoxication;
tearing passion,
raging passion;
anger
etc.
900.
fascination,
infatuation,
fanaticism;
Quixotism,
Quixotry;
tete montee [Fr.].
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