jitterbug - Definition from the DANCE topic - ARTS

Topic: DANCE

Date:	1900-2000
Origin:	jitter 'to move quickly and nervously' (1900-2000) (from jitters) + bug 'person with a strong interest in something' (19-21 centuries); probably invented by the U.S. band leader Cab Calloway

jitterbug
noun

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[singular]

APD a fast jazz dance popular in the 1940s

Definition of jitterbug from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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