Fidgets

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of fidget form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A state of nervous restlessness, causing a person to fidget.

    "But the evils of diseased nerves do not stop here. […] They not only inflict the creevles and the fidgets upon the body, but still more upon the mind."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of fidget form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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agitationapprehensivenessattack of nervesblusterbobberyboil

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"The child has got the fidgets today."

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