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Definition of Jitterbug
1. Noun. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s.
2. Verb. Do the jitterbug. "Sam and Sue jitterbug"
Definition of Jitterbug
1. Noun. A nervous or jittery person. ¹
2. Noun. A jazz musician or aficionado. ¹
3. Noun. An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps. ¹
4. Verb. To dance the jitterbug. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jitterbug
1. [v -BUGGED, -BUGGING, -BUGS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jitterbug
Literary usage of Jitterbug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress by Rebecca D. Clear (1994)
"VAB 1949 A mix of film excerpts and Soundies, including Cab Galloway's jitterbug
Party (1935, Waller) which finds them taking over a party with "Call of the ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"1939 PERIPHERY OF WAR matic of lords look like a jitterbug. M. Giraudoux has also
been given the full use of the motion-picture facilities of Paris. ..."
3. Okay, Girls by Helen Gilbert (2006)
"The music was marvelous, the dancing romantic and exciting. Swing, ballroom
dancing, jitterbug - we did it all! ..."
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