Verb

To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.

* 1883:

"Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget ," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."

To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}