Jitterbug Definition

jĭtər-bŭg
jitterbugged, jitterbugging, jitterbugs
noun
A dance for couples, esp. in the late 1930s and early 1940s, involving fast, acrobatic movements to swing music.
Webster's New World
One who performs this dance.
American Heritage
A dancer of the jitterbug.
Webster's New World
A nervous or jittery person.
Wiktionary
verb
To perform this dance.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Jitterbug

Noun

Singular:
jitterbug
Plural:
jitterbugs

Origin of Jitterbug

  • From jitterbug heavy drinker who suffers from the jitters from jitter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From jitter + bug, after the 1934 Cab Calloway song Jitter Bug.

    From Wiktionary

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