Jitterbug

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strenuous dance performed to quick-tempo swing or jazz music and consisting of various two-step patterns embellished with twirls and sometimes acrobatic maneuvers.
  • n. One who performs this dance.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform this dance.
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  • n. A nervous or jittery person.
  • n. A jazz musician or aficionado.
  • n. An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
  • v. To dance the jitterbug.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a fast and vigorous American dance that was popular in the 1940s, having few standardized steps and personalized with various twirls, twists, and acrobatic moves; it was performed often to the accompaniment of swing or boogie-woogie tunes.
  • verb-intransitive. to do the jitterbug.
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  • n. a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
  • v. do the jitterbug
    • Verb Form
    jitterbugged    jitterbugging    jitterbugs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    social dancing    trip the light fantastic toe    trip the light fantastic    dance   
    Variant
    jitterbugging    jitterbugged   
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