fidge
fidge verb: to fidget; jostle or shake.
Verb
fidge (third-person singular simple present fidges, present participle fidging, simple past and past participle fidged)
- To 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
Noun
fidge (plural fidges)
Proper noun capitalized: Fidge
Fidge (plural Fidges)
- A surname.
Forms of fidge
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | fidges |
| present participle | fidging |
| past participle | fidged |
| past | fidged |
| alternative form | fitch |
| Noun | |
| plural | fidges |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Fidges |
Origin of fidge
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.
Variant of Fitch.
Words that rhyme with fidge
Questions about fidge
- What does fidge mean?
- Fidge means to fidget; jostle or shake.
- What part of speech is fidge?
- Fidge can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of fidge?
- The past tense of fidge is fidged.
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