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What is another word for fidgeting?

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Verb

Present participle for to make small or restless movements, especially through nervousness or impatience

Present participle for to play or toy around with something

Present participle for to feel, or cause to feel, uneasy or restless

(based on instrument used) Present participle for to produce music

Noun

A feeling of nervousness or restlessness

Adjective

Characterized by an inability to sleep or rest

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Verb

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Present participle for to make small or restless movements, especially through nervousness or impatience

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

laboring^US

labouring^UK

shaking uncontrollably

moving from side to side

swinging backwards and forwards

swinging back and forth

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“He had begun to fidget with nervousness, twirling a stick pen and staring at a fixed point on the wall of his office.”

Verb

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Present participle for to play or toy around with something

working superficially

tinkering with

mucking around

pottering around with

playing at

pottering round with

dallying with

swiveling^US

swivelling^UK

scratching the surface

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

poking one's nose into

rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

tinkering with the edges of

playing about with

messing about with

tinkering at the edges of

working amateurishly on

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“Just keep an eye on that screen and don't fidget with the controls!”

Verb

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Present participle for to feel, or cause to feel, uneasy or restless

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

setting someone back on their heels

quickening

sending over the edge

making someone scratch their head

occupying thoughts

causing anxiety

grinding

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

causing discomfort to

hurting somebody's feelings

laboring^US

labouring^UK

criticizing^US

pressing the panic button

criticising^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

terrorizing^US

causing to feel emotional strain

causing to feel mental strain

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

terrorising^UK

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

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“And there's that poor, dear old Jack would fidget himself to death if he thought I had a finger-ache.”

Verb

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(based on instrument used) Present participle for to produce music

pedalling^UK

pedaling^US

Noun

A feeling of nervousness or restlessness

butterflies in the stomach

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

heart skipping a beat

dark night of the soul

apprehension about rivals

state of agitation

state of anxiety

nervous state

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Adjective

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Characterized by an inability to sleep or rest

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