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

Jitterbug Sentence Examples

  • Rockabilly, which combined rock 'n' roll and hillbilly a la Elvis, was an intense, rhythm-driven music that made for very busy dancing, like the Jitterbug of the 1940s and the Charleston in the 1920s.

  • The Jitterbug, a simple cell phone which features larger buttons and convenient customer service assistance.

  • About 160,000 Jitterbug units were recalled in mid-2009 because they ran the risk of not successfully connecting to 911 in an emergency if they were in a no-service area.

  • Samsung and Jitterbug reached out to affected customers in order to arrange them.

  • Even the name, "Jitterbug," is designed to evoke a response to the classic dance, and the website talks about how the phone is aimed at baby boomers and their parents.

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Words Starting With

JJIJIT

Words Ending With

GUGBUG

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