as in to twitch
to make jerky or restless movements
small children are likely to fidget in church
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Recent Examples of fidget
Then came Brian Harman, fidgeting over each practice swing.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Minimize distracting habits like fidgeting, checking your watch, or tapping your fingers.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Physical therapists and researchers break down our urge to fidget and offer office-friendly ways to satisfy the need for movement.
—Margaret Cirino, NPR, 2 Feb. 2025
Rosenkrantz is played in the two-hander by Rebecca Hall with warmth and humor and a physical ease that makes Linda much more centered and self-contained than Whishaw’s chain-smoking, often fidgeting Peter.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Minimize distracting habits like fidgeting, checking your watch, or tapping your fingers.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Physical therapists and researchers break down our urge to fidget and offer office-friendly ways to satisfy the need for movement.
—Margaret Cirino, NPR, 2 Feb. 2025
Rosenkrantz is played in the two-hander by Rebecca Hall with warmth and humor and a physical ease that makes Linda much more centered and self-contained than Whishaw’s chain-smoking, often fidgeting Peter.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fidget
Verb
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The early symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, twitching, stiff muscles, speech challenges, trouble swallowing, and drooling.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Camouflaged among desert rocks, the deadly illusionist extends its spider-like tail into the open and twitches it to summon hungry insect-eating birds.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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This can prepare your body to safely move things without straining your spine, whether that be a bag of yard clippings, a squirming child, or a box of books.—
Christa Sgobba,
SELF,
4 June 2025
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His wire-to-wire tenacity made Benet squirm until the final split-second had ticked off the clock.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Another tossed a traffic cone into the vehicle’s windshield, damaging it.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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Winner: Lenovo Legion Go S Tech Specs: Upscaling Is the Secret Sauce Gaming handhelds have to do it all—support the latest and greatest games while maintaining a form factor that can be tossed into your bookbag.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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More often than not, the jerking movements to get free only bring the meal into contact with more points of sticky contact.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Then stage two involves jerking movement, spasms, loss of vision, dementia, and seizures.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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The little accents from the electric guitar and fiddle also hit with a satisfying bite and plenty of presence.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2025
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On his version of the title song, Coleman plays fiddle as his loft guests sing.—
Robert Sullivan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Take a soft spatula and run it around the rim of the pancake to release it from the pan and then wiggle the spatula underneath to flip it.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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The magnets drive a membrane that rapidly wiggles back and forth, pushing on the surrounding air.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Fidget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fidget. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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