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How to pronounce jitterbug in English?

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Type Words
Type of social dancing
Type Words
Type of dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

Examples of jitterbug

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She's a 5-6 jitterbug point guard who is her school's all-time leading scorer.
From the charlotteobserver.com
A crowd formed a circle around the couple and called for Garland to do a jitterbug.
From the ocregister.com
There will be other types dancing as well, Kemerling concedes, including jitterbug.
From the delawareonline.com
The eight-week classes feature ballroom, imperial swing and jitterbug swing styles.
From the stltoday.com
Mr. Justice and his wife were seen doing a few jitterbug moves on the aisle.
From the post-gazette.com
After anybody has surgery you don't jump off the operating table and do the jitterbug.
From the kansas.com
Commentator Ben Stein, 65, will prove he hasn't forgotten how to jitterbug.
From the courier-journal.com
He was known for going out to clubs, where he would dance the jitterbug with his wife.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It is a style of swing that evolved from the jitterbug and the blues of the Big Band Era.
From the newsobserver.com
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  • Do the jitterbug
  • A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
  • Jitterbug can be used as a noun to refer to a swing dancer or various types of swing dances, for example, the Lindy Hop, Jive, and East Coast Swing. This has led to confusion within the dance community, since jitterbug can refer to different kinds of swing dances. ...
  • Jitterbugs is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film produced by Sol M. Wurtzel.
  • A nervous or jittery person; A jazz musician or aficionado; An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps; To dance the jitterbug
  • ("jitterbugs") a nickname for the 5000-series cars, whose long, articulated bodies gave them a caterpillar-like appearance.
  • Optimara variety belonging to the Little Dancer series. Compact African Violet (3-inch pot size) with frilled, bi-color flowers. Flowers are red with a white edge. Leaves are medium green. Introduced 1998. More information.
  • A jumpy, jittery energetic dance or one who danced this dance during the swing period.Artie Shaw is a hot clarinet player. He sure has all of the "jitterbugs" jumpin'.
  • Old wooden-body topwater lure with large metal lip. Makes a gurgle-type commotion when retrieved.