giffle

English

Etymology

From gliff (“a short moment, the twinkling of an eye”) by metathesis.

Verb

giffle (third-person singular simple present giffles, present participle giffling, simple past and past participle giffled)

1. (East Anglia) to be restless or fidgety
   • [1897, “Norfolk”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 185, page 147:

     […] sometimes they ‘giffle’ (fidget) or ‘gimble’ (grin) […]]

Related terms

• giffle-gaffle