Present participle of fidge; moving restlessly or making small repetitive movements due to nervousness or impatience.
From fidge with present participle -ing suffix. Describes the ongoing action of making restless movements.
Fidging is an older form that mostly disappeared when 'fidgeting' became standard—but it shows English was still deciding which form of this word would survive in the 18th century.
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