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# fidgety

«fidgety» in Mova's school dictionary: **unable to keep still, moving your hands, feet or body a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (fidgety, fidgetier, fidgetiest); verb fidget; noun a fidget

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fidgety means unable to keep still, moving your hands, feet or body a lot because you are bored, nervous or restless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#m1)

2) A fidget toy is a small toy for busy hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Classroom and everyday life (long assemblies, car journeys). In stories it shows a character is nervous, bored or excited. Phrases: feel fidgety, get fidgety, fidget toy, stop fidgeting.

### examples

- I get fidgety in long assemblies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#x1)
- The fidgety puppy would not sit still. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#x2)
- He was fidgety before his turn on stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#x3)
- A short run helps fidgety children focus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#x4)
- The fidgety girl kept twisting her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#x5)
- Long car journeys make my brother fidgety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/#x6)

### note

Fidget (verb or noun), fidgety (adjective). Being fidgety is normal; some children concentrate better with something to hold.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fidgety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fidgety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.