fidget• At the postgamepressconference he brought his glove, sat it on the table in front of him and commencedfidgeting.• Hardin fidgeted and stood on his toes to better his view.• She glared at the little boy, who had started fidgeting in his chair.• In the sitting room, Alida Thorne sat and fidgeted, like a parlourmaid banished below-stairs.• A few studentsfidgeted nervously in their chairs.• Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.• The small audience had begun to fidget on their ricketyfolded chairs.• Stop fidgeting, Sally, and pay attention.• They fidget, sit on their feet and fold little fingers around stubby pencils, sweating out an exercise in mathematics.• Antoine sat, colours still fidgeting through his crown, that smile still lighting his face.• He fidgeted through speeches by his wife, Camille, and Rep.• The manager was waiting for her at the desk, deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon.
fidget2 noun [countableC] informal
MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONsomeone who is unable to sit or stand still 坐立不安的人