<p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.</li><li>to play with something in a restless or nervous way; fiddle: The boy kept fidgeting with the toy instead of paying attention.</li><li>(used with object) to cause to fidget; make uneasy: He was fidgeted by a hunch that the girl was going to cause trouble.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Often fidgets: the condition or an instance of being nervously restless, uneasy, or impatient.</li><li>Also fidgeter: a person who fidgets.</li></ul>