fidget
verb
[ ˈfɪdʒɪt ]
• make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.
• "the audience began to fidget and whisper"
Similar:
move restlessly,
wriggle,
squirm,
twitch,
jiggle,
writhe,
twist,
shuffle,
be jittery,
be anxious,
be agitated,
play,
fuss,
toy,
twiddle,
fool about,
fool around,
trifle,
fiddle,
mess about,
mess around,
have ants in one's pants,
Opposite:
sit still,
be at ease,
fidget
noun
• a person who fidgets.
Similar:
restless person,
bundle of nerves,
cat on hot bricks,
cat on a hot tin roof,
Origin:
late 17th century: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.
