fidgets

English

Noun

fidgets

  1. plural of fidget
  2. A state of nervous restlessness, causing a person to fidget.
    • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
      ‘Sit down, do, — I can’t abide to see folks standing; it gives me the fidgets.’
    • 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
      His voice was deep and rich and somehow took the fidgets out of them. They now felt glad and quiet and it didn't seem awkward to them to stand and say nothing.

Verb

fidgets

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fidget
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