"fidge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fidges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒ Etymology: Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|fiken|t=to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away}} Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), {{cog|ang|befician|t=to deceive}} Old English befician (“to deceive”), {{der|en|non|fika|t=to climb up nimbly, as a spider}} Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), {{cog|no|fika|t=to strive after}} Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), {{cog|sv|fika|t=to strive for; hurry}} Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”), {{m|en|fike}} fike Head templates: {{en-noun}} fidge (plural fidges)
  1. (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete Related terms: fidget
    Sense id: en-fidge-en-noun-QJ9vNhuZ Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fitch

Verb

Forms: fidges [present, singular, third-person], fidging [participle, present], fidged [participle, past], fidged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒ Etymology: Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|fiken|t=to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away}} Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), {{cog|ang|befician|t=to deceive}} Old English befician (“to deceive”), {{der|en|non|fika|t=to climb up nimbly, as a spider}} Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), {{cog|no|fika|t=to strive after}} Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), {{cog|sv|fika|t=to strive for; hurry}} Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”), {{m|en|fike}} fike Head templates: {{en-verb}} fidge (third-person singular simple present fidges, present participle fidging, simple past and past participle fidged)
  1. (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fidge-en-verb-T3YJ~s9j Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fitch

Inflected forms

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