jitterbugging

Variant of jitterbug

jitterbug definition

☆ jitter·bug (-bug′)

noun

  1. a dance for couples, esp. in the late 1930s and early 1940s, involving fast, acrobatic movements to swing music
  2. a dancer of the jitterbug

Etymology: jitter + bug

intransitive verb jitterbugged -·bugged′, jitterbugging -·bug′·ging

to dance the jitterbug

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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