Definition of Fidge

1. n. & v. i. See Fidget.

Definition of Fidge

1. Verb. (obsolete dialectal Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete dialectal Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fidge

1. to fidget [v FIDGED, FIDGING, FIDGES] - See also: fidget

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidge

fideistic
fideistically
fideists
fidejussion
fidejussor
fidejussors
fidelismo
fidelismos
fidelista
fidelistas
fidelities
fidelitous
fidelity
fidelity bond
fidelity bonds
fidge (current term)
fidged
fidges
fidget
fidgeted
fidgeter
fidgeters
fidgetier
fidgetiest
fidgetily
fidgetiness
fidgetinesses
fidgeting
fidgetingly
fidgetings

Literary usage of Fidge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... fidge', Cotgrave. In prov. use in Scotland and in various parts of England (EDD.). fie ; see lay (to clean). fig of Spain, a contemptuous gesture, ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"... and was adopted in E. under the form oí fish. To Fisk. To run about hastily and heedlessly.—B. A word of similar formation to fig, fidge, firk, whisk. ..."

3. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"For the greater portion of the year, fidge, who considered his personal attractions ... fidge had the dirty fit upon him, and for days immemorial had been ..."

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