I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A few students fidgeted nervously in their chairs.
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Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.
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She glared at the little boy, who had started fidgeting in his chair.
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Stop fidgeting, Sally, and pay attention.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Antoine sat, colours still fidgeting through his crown, that smile still lighting his face.
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At the postgame press conference he brought his glove, sat it on the table in front of him and commenced fidgeting.
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Hardin fidgeted and stood on his toes to better his view.
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He fidgeted through speeches by his wife, Camille, and Rep.
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In the sitting room, Alida Thorne sat and fidgeted, like a parlourmaid banished below-stairs.
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The manager was waiting for her at the desk, deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon.
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The small audience had begun to fidget on their rickety folded chairs.
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They fidget , sit on their feet and fold little fingers around stubby pencils, sweating out an exercise in mathematics.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Michael's younger sister found him a fidget in church and thought it was fidgeting to excess.
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She watched him seeing it all, feeling it all, assimilating his surroundings with no fidget or fluster.
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So delighted with the little moral scene was she that she sat on til recess at 12: 30 without a fidget .
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The empty air was still vibrating slightly with the suppressed fidgets of children.