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jitterbugger

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jit⋅ter⋅bug

  [jit-er-buhg] noun, verb, -bugged, -bug⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular esp. in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
2. a person who dances the jitterbug.
–verb (used without object)
3. to dance the jitterbug.
Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; jitter + bug 1

Related forms:
jit⋅ter⋅bug⋅ger, noun
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Word Origin & History

jitterbug 
"swing dance," 1938, Amer.Eng., from Jitter bug, title of a song recorded by Cab Calloway in 1934. Related to jitters (pl.) "extreme nervousness," 1925, Amer.Eng., perhaps an alteration of dial. chitter "tremble, shiver," from M.E. chittern "to twitter, chatter." Jittery is 1931, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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