Word familynounjittersjitterinessjitterbugadjectivejitteryverbjitter
Related topics: Dance
jit·ter·bug /ˈdʒɪtəbʌɡ $ -ər-/ noun [singular]
APDa fast jazz dance popular in the 1940s 吉特巴舞〔20 世纪 40 年代流行的一种快节奏爵士舞〕
Examples from the Corpus
jitterbug• At the shallow end, with their hair in caps, the girls from Typing did the jitterbug in twos.
Originjitterbug
(1900-2000)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