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jitterbug noun & verb. Orig. US. M20.
[from JITTER verb + BUG noun2.]
A. noun.
A jittery or nervous person; an alarmist. Also, an attack of the jitters. M20.
A jazz musician; a devotee of swing; a person who dances the jitterbug. M20.
An energetic dance, popular in the 1940s, performed chiefly to swing music. M20.
b. verb intrans. Infl. -gg-. Dance the jitterbug. M20.