See fidget on Wiktionary
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"(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly."
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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "vroetel"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "bellugar-se"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zuòlìbù'ān",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "坐立不安"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "friemelen"
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"word": "de kriebels hebben"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "svingiĝi"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "nihelema"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "sätkiä"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "gigoter"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "remuer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "zappeln"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "fészkelődik"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "izeg-mozog"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "babrál"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "mocorog"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "bheith corrthónach"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "bheith giongach"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "bheith míshocair"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "せかせかする"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "anjeolbujeolmothada",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "안절부절못하다"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "mānānana"
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"word": "irirangi"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "sprelle"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "estar inquieto"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "a se foi"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "jórzatʹ",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "ёрзать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertétʹsja",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "верте́ться"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "revolverse"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to move around nervously",
"word": "kuyakoy"
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"word": "fidget pie"
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"word": "fidget spinner"
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"word": "vroetelaar"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"tags": [
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"word": "belluguet"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"tags": [
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"word": "ballaruga"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "zenuwlijder"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"word": "sätkyttelijä"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"tags": [
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"word": "gigoteur"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Zappelphilipp"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "nevróspasto",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a person who fidgets",
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"word": "giodam"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a person who fidgets",
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"word": "goraí"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a person who fidgets",
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"word": "útamálaí"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who fidgets",
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"word": "wiercipięta"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "егоза́"
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