jitterbugˈdʒɪt ərˌbʌg
jitterbug (v)
- present
- jitterbugs
- past
- jitterbugged
- past participle
- jitterbugged
- present participle
- jitterbugging
jitterbug (n)
English Definitions:
jitterbug (verb)
a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
jitterbug (verb)
do the jitterbug
jitterbug (Noun)
A nervous or jittery person.
jitterbug (Noun)
A jazz musician or aficionado.
jitterbug (Noun)
An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
jitterbug (Verb)
To dance the jitterbug.
Jitterbug
The Jitterbug is a kind of dance popularized in the United States in the early twentieth century and is associated with various types of swing dances such as the Lindy Hop, Jive, and East Coast Swing.
Jitterbug
Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe swing dancing. It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance but might include elements of the jive, east coast swing, collegiate shag, charleston, balboa and other swing dances.Swing dancing originated in the African-American communities of New York City in the early 20th century. Many nightclubs had a whites-only or blacks-only policy due to racial segregation, however the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem had a no-discrimination policy which allowed whites and blacks to dance together and it was there that the lindy hop dance flourished, started by dancers such as George Snowden and Frank Manning. The term jitterbug was originally a ridicule used by black patrons to describe whites who started to dance the lindy hop, as they were dancing faster and jumpier than was intended, like "jittering bugs", although it quickly lost its negative connotation as the more erratic version caught on. Both the lindy hop and the "jitterbug" became popular outside Harlem when the dance was featured in Hollywood films and Broadway theatre, starring the performance group Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.
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