fidget

From fidge (“to fidget”) +‎ -et (frequentative ending).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪdʒ.ɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

fidget (third-person singular simple present fidgets, present participle fidgeting or fidgetting, simple past and past participle fidgeted or fidgetted)

1. (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."

2. (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott‎:

     “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.

• fidgeter

fidget (plural fidgets)

1. A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
2. (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

• fidgeter

• fidget spinner
• fidgety

• gifted