"fidget" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-fidget.ogg [US], en-au-fidget.ogg [Australia] Forms: fidgets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt Etymology: From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fidge||alt2=*et|pos2=frequentative ending|t1=to fidget}} fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), {{der|en|enm||*-ten}} Middle English *-ten, {{der|en|ang|-ettan}} Old English -ettan Head templates: {{en-noun}} fidget (plural fidgets)
  1. A nervous wriggling or twitching motion. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-fidget-en-noun-vOiRbLO1 Disambiguation of People: 29 35 0 36 0
  2. (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fidgeter Translations (a person who fidgets): vroetelaar (Afrikaans), belluguet [masculine] (Catalan), ballaruga [feminine] (Catalan), zenuwlijder [masculine] (Dutch), sätkyttelijä (Finnish), gigoteur [masculine] (French), Zappelphilipp [masculine] (German), νευρόσπαστο (nevróspasto) [neuter] (Greek), giodam [masculine] (Irish), goraí [masculine] (Irish), útamálaí [masculine] (Irish), wiercipięta [masculine] (Polish), егоза́ (jegozá) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fidget-en-noun-R-F3Fi6Z Disambiguation of People: 29 35 0 36 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 57 17 16 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 64 11 13 6 Disambiguation of 'a person who fidgets': 3 97 1
  3. An object intended to be fidgeted with (such as a tool or toy).
    Sense id: en-fidget-en-noun-mX94uIId
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fidget pie, fidget spinner, fidget-spinning, fidget toy, fidgety

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-fidget.ogg [US], en-au-fidget.ogg [Australia] Forms: fidgets [present, singular, third-person], fidgeting [participle, present], fidgetting [participle, present], fidgeted [participle, past], fidgeted [past], fidgetted [participle, past], fidgetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt Etymology: From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fidge||alt2=*et|pos2=frequentative ending|t1=to fidget}} fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), {{der|en|enm||*-ten}} Middle English *-ten, {{der|en|ang|-ettan}} Old English -ettan Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=fidgetted|pres_ptc2=fidgetting}} 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 the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): People Translations (to move around nervously): vroetel (Afrikaans), шавам (šavam) (Bulgarian), въртя се (vǎrtja se) (Bulgarian), bellugar-se (Catalan), 坐立不安 (zuòlìbù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), friemelen (Dutch), de kriebels hebben (Dutch), svingiĝi (Esperanto), nihelema (Estonian), sätkiä (Finnish), sätkytellä (Finnish), nykiä (Finnish), nytkiä (Finnish), gigoter (French), remuer (French), zappeln (German), herumzappeln (German), fészkelődik (Hungarian), izeg-mozog (Hungarian), babrál (Hungarian), mocorog (Hungarian), bheith corrthónach (Irish), bheith giongach (Irish), bheith míshocair (Irish), せかせかする (Japanese), 안절부절못하다 (anjeolbujeolmothada) (Korean), oreore (Maori), mānānana (Maori), irirangi (Maori), sprelle (Norwegian), estar inquieto (Portuguese), a se foi (Romanian), ёрзать (jórzatʹ) (Russian), верте́ться (vertétʹsja) (Russian), врпо̀љити се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vrpòljiti se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), revolverse (Spanish), kuyakoy (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-fidget-en-verb-C4mOI783 Disambiguation of People: 29 35 0 36 0 Disambiguation of 'to move around nervously': 75 25
  2. (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fidget-en-verb-6ArZAwYf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fidget-bottom, fidgeter

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to move around nervously",
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          "word": "안절부절못하다"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to move around nervously",
          "word": "oreore"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "sprelle"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to move around nervously",
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          "sense": "to move around nervously",
          "word": "a se foi"
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          "word": "ёрзать"
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          "sense": "to move around nervously",
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          "sense": "to move around nervously",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "a person who fidgets",
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          "word": "Zappelphilipp"
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "a person who fidgets",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a person who fidgets",
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        "(transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy."
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "vroetel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šavam",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "шавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎrtja se",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "въртя се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "bellugar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuòlìbù'ān",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "坐立不安"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "friemelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "de kriebels hebben"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "svingiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "nihelema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "sätkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "sätkytellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "nykiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "nytkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "gigoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "remuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "zappeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "herumzappeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "fészkelődik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "izeg-mozog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "babrál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "mocorog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "bheith corrthónach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "bheith giongach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "bheith míshocair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "せかせかする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "anjeolbujeolmothada",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "안절부절못하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "oreore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "mānānana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "irirangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "sprelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "estar inquieto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "a se foi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jórzatʹ",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "ёрзать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vertétʹsja",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "верте́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "врпо̀љити се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vrpòljiti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "revolverse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to move around nervously",
      "word": "kuyakoy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fidget"
}

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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "word": "vroetelaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "belluguet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ballaruga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zenuwlijder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "word": "sätkyttelijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gigoteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zappelphilipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nevróspasto",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "νευρόσπαστο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giodam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goraí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útamálaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiercipięta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jegozá",
      "sense": "a person who fidgets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "егоза́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fidget"
}

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