Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fidgets

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: fid-gets
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of fidget

noun

A state of nervous restlessness, causing a person to fidget.

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fidget

Example Sentences

"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."
"‘Sit down, do, — I can’t abide to see folks standing; it gives me the fidgets.’"
"His voice was deep and rich and somehow took the fidgets out of them. They now felt glad and quiet and it didn't seem awkward to them to stand and say nothing."

Questions

What does fidgets mean?: plural of fidget

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