fidget

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fidget [fidget fidgets fidgeted fidgeting] verb, noun BrE [ˈfɪdʒɪt] NAmE [ˈfɪdʒɪt]
verb intransitive ~ (with sth)
to keep moving your body, your hands or your feet because you are nervous, bored, excited, etc
•Sit still and stop fidgeting!
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.

Example Bank:
•He fidgeted nervously in his chair.
•She fidgeted with her keys as she talked.
•The boy blushed and began to fidget.

 
noun
a person who is always fidgeting
•You're such a fidget!

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from obsolete or dialect fidge ‘to twitch’; perhaps related to Old Norse fikja ‘move briskly, be restless or eager’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fidgetiness, restlessness