Definition of "fidgets" [fidgets]

• Plural form of fidget. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fidget. (verb)

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• "[8] Sir H. Holland, in speaking (` Medical Notes and Reflexions, '1839, p. 328) of that curious state of body called the fidgets, remarks that it seems due to "an accumulation of some cause of irritation which requires muscular action for its relief.""
• "That extremely well known and popular disease called the fidgets, now began, indeed, to torment Sir Francis Varney."
• "The causes of "fidgets" are a heated state of the blood; an irritable condition of the nervous system, prevailing at that particular time; and want of occupution."