Usually means: Restless movement due to nervousness.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word fidgeting:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. fidgeting: Merriam-Webster
  2. fidgeting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fidgeting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fidgeting: Vocabulary.com
  5. Fidgeting, fidgeting: Wordnik
  6. fidgeting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. fidgeting: Wiktionary
  8. fidgeting: Dictionary.com
  9. fidgeting: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Fidgeting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. fidgeting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fidgeting: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fidgeting: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fidgeting)

▸ noun:  A fidgety motion.

Similar:
fidgetiness, restlessness, fidgetting, fidgettiness, flinching, fribble, flitter, fiddle, faff, fidge, more...

Types:
tapping, clicking, twirling, bouncing, rocking, kneading, squeezing, more...

Phrases:
person who is always fidgeting, fidgeting with, fidgeting with hands, more...

Adjectives:
nervous, constant, restless, more, excessive, less, general, uneasy, quit, round, incessant



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Similar:
fidgetiness, restlessness, fidgetting, fidgettiness, flinching, fribble, flitter, fiddle, faff, fidge, more...

Types:
tapping, clicking, twirling, bouncing, rocking, kneading, squeezing, more...

Phrases:
person who is always fidgeting, fidgeting with, fidgeting with hands, more...

Adjectives:
nervous, constant, restless, more, excessive, less, general, uneasy, quit, round, incessant



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