fidge

F4I1D2G2E1

verb

To fidget; jostle or shake.

OriginMiddle English fiken ← Old Norse fika →
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Meanings

fidge1

verbfidge (third-person singular simple present fidges, present participle fidging, simple past and past participle fidged)

present singular third person fidges · participle present fidging · participle past fidged · past fidged · alternative fitch

  1. ScotlanddialectalobsoleteTo fidget; jostle or shake.

    "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges," he continued in the pleading tone. "I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day. That doctor's a fool, I tell you. If I don't have a dram o' rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors..."

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
nounfidge (plural fidges)

plural fidges · alternative fitch

  1. ScotlanddialectalobsoleteA shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

Fidge2

proper nounFidge (plural Fidges)

plural Fidges

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fridge

Origin

fidge · verb, noun

  1. Old Norsefika“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”
  2. Middle Englishfiken“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”
  3. Englishfidge

Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.

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Fidge · proper noun

Variant of Fitch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fidge

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Chicago

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