fidget

fidget
1. noun
1)

have/get the fidgets — zappelig sein/werden (ugs.)

2) (person) Zappelphilipp, der (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb

fidget [about] — [herum]zappeln (ugs.); herumrutschen

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['fi‹it] 1. past tense, past participle - fidgeted; verb
(to move (the hands, feet etc) restlessly: Stop fidgeting while I'm talking to you!) herumzappeln
2. noun
(a person who fidgets: She's a terrible fidget!) der Zappelphilipp
- academic.ru/118942/the_fidgets">the fidgets
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fidg·et
[ˈfɪʤɪt]
I. n
1. (person) Zappelphilipp m pej fam
the \fidgets pl nervöse Unruhe
she's got [a bad case of] the \fidgets today sie ist heute extrem unruhig [o nervös] [o fam zapp[e]lig
II. vi
1. (move) zappeln, herumzappeln fam
stop \fidgeting! hör auf so rumzuzappeln! fam
2. (play)
to \fidget with sth mit etw dat herumspielen fam
3. (be eager, restless)
to \fidget to do sth brennen, etw zu tun, darauf aus sein, etw zu tun
III. vt
to \fidget sb jdn nervös machen
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['fIdZɪt]
1. vi
( = be restless) zappeln

to fidget with sth — mit etw herumspielen or herumfummeln (inf)

don't fidget — zappel nicht so rum

he sat there fidgeting in his chair — er rutschte auf seinem Stuhl hin und her

2. n
1) (= person) Zappelphilipp m (inf)
2) (inf)

to get the fidgets — zappelig werden

have you got the fidgets? — was bist du für ein Zappelphilipp! (inf)

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fidget [ˈfıdʒıt]
A s
1. meist pl nervöse Unruhe, Zappelei f umg:
give sb the fidgets jemanden nervös oder umg zapp(e)lig machen;
have the fidgets C 1
2. Zappelphilipp m umg, Zapp(e)ler(in)
B v/t nervös oder umg zapp(e)lig machen
C v/i
1. herumzappeln umg, unruhig oder nervös sein, nicht still sitzen können
2. fidget with herumspielen oder -fuchteln mit
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1. noun
1)

have/get the fidgets — zappelig sein/werden (ugs.)

2) (person) Zappelphilipp, der (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb

fidget [about] — [herum]zappeln (ugs.); herumrutschen

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n.
Unruhe -n f. v.
herumzappeln v.

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