All 8 Uses of
fidget
in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- They're fidgeting and twitching, responding to the dials in the control panel; I see McMurphy notices he's making them uneasy, but he don't let it slow him down.†
Chpt 3
- She glares at the black boy till he stops fidgeting, then looks up the hall to where McMurphy's singing is booming out of the latrine door louder than ever.†
Chpt 8
- The big black boy looks at the little one who pointed him out, and the little black boy commences to fidget again.†
Chpt 8
- She's sitting there so silent it makes him nervous and fidgety.
Chpt 16 *fidgety = restless and finding it hard to sit still
- They begin to fidget around like the doctor.†
Chpt 16
- He tries to laugh, and his two slim ivory fingers dip into his shirt pocket for cigarettes, fidget around getting the last one from the package.†
Chpt 21
- He just sits there looking at Harding, and Harding's rearing smile fades and he goes to fidgeting around from McMurphy staring at him so funny.†
Chpt 22
- She must've been seen with lots less by lots more men, but under the circumstances she began to, fidget around self-consciously like a schoolgirl on a stage.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(fidget) to make small restless movements