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jitterbug

jit·ter·bug

UK/ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)bʌɡ/ US/ˈdʒɪtɜrˌbʌɡ/ rare
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s

verb

1.

do the jitterbug

Origin

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

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