He is always in a fidget.
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Fidget
Synonyms for "fidget" (101 found)
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58 translations across 25 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- vroetelaar noun (a person who fidgets)
- vroetel verb (to move around nervously)
Bulgarian
2 entries- въртя се verb (to move around nervously)
- шавам verb (to move around nervously)
Catalan
3 entries- ballaruga noun (a person who fidgets)
- belluguet noun (a person who fidgets)
- bellugar-se verb (to move around nervously)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 坐立不安 verb (to move around nervously)
Dutch
3 entries- zenuwlijder noun (a person who fidgets)
- de kriebels hebben verb (to move around nervously)
- friemelen verb (to move around nervously)
Esperanto
1 entries- svingiĝi verb (to move around nervously)
Estonian
1 entries- nihelema verb (to move around nervously)
Finnish
4 entries- sätkyttelijä noun (a person who fidgets)
- nykiä verb (to move around nervously)
- nytkiä verb (to move around nervously)
- sätkiä verb (to move around nervously)
French
3 entries- gigoteur noun (a person who fidgets)
- gigoter verb (to move around nervously)
- remuer verb (to move around nervously)
German
3 entries- Zappelphilipp noun (a person who fidgets)
- herumzappeln verb (to move around nervously)
- zappeln verb (to move around nervously)
Greek
1 entries- νευρόσπαστο noun (a person who fidgets)
Hungarian
4 entries- babrál verb (to move around nervously)
- fészkelődik verb (to move around nervously)
- izeg-mozog verb (to move around nervously)
- mocorog verb (to move around nervously)
Irish
4 entries- giodam noun (a person who fidgets)
- goraí noun (a person who fidgets)
- útamálaí noun (a person who fidgets)
- bheith corrthónach verb (to move around nervously)
Japanese
1 entries- せかせかする verb (to move around nervously)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tǖlālā verb (to move around nervously)
Korean
1 entries- 안절부절못하다 verb (to move around nervously)
Māori
3 entries- irirangi verb (to move around nervously)
- mānānana verb (to move around nervously)
- oreore verb (to move around nervously)
Norwegian
1 entries- sprelle verb (to move around nervously)
Polish
2 entries- wiercipięta noun (a person who fidgets)
- wiercić się verb (to move around nervously)
Portuguese
1 entries- estar inquieto verb (to move around nervously)
Romanian
1 entries- a se foi verb (to move around nervously)
Russian
4 entries- егоза́ noun (a person who fidgets)
- непосе́да noun (a person who fidgets)
- верте́ться verb (to move around nervously)
- ёрзать verb (to move around nervously)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vrpòljiti se verb (to move around nervously)
- врпо̀љити се verb (to move around nervously)
Spanish
4 entries- moverse compulsivamente verb (to move around nervously)
- moverse nerviosamente verb (to move around nervously)
- no parar de moverse verb (to move around nervously)
- no quedarse quieto verb (to move around nervously)
Tagalog
1 entries- kuyakoy verb (to move around nervously)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Herzl waited in the dimly lit room. At times he would fidget restlessly in boredom.
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He is a terrible fidget.
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Don't stare at people and don't fidget.
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