All 5 Uses of
fidget
in
Betrayed: A House of Night Novel
- Sorry," she repeated, fidgeting and picking at her fingernails.†
Chpt 1fidgeting = making small restless movements
- He made no move to come closer to me, so out of pure awkward fidgeting I grinned as if I hadn't been scared poo-less just seconds ago, shrugged nonchalantly, and joined him under the tree.†
Chpt 5
- Anyway"—I fidgeted, like I was embarrassed to admit what I was telling them—"I said some mean stuff to Kayla that scared her.†
Chpt 10 *fidgeted = made small restless movements
- He headed to Damien, who was fidgeting at the easternmost part of the circle where the element air should manifest.†
Chpt 20fidgeting = making small restless movements
- I fidgeted while we watched the shots of downtown and the expressways, eerily empty and looking post-meteor-hit-or-nuclear-war-like.†
Chpt 27fidgeted = made small restless movements
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.