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jitterbugged

  • past participle
    of jitterbug.
    jitterbug
    noun
    a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
  • past tense form
    of jitterbug.
    jitterbug
    noun
    a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.

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Reynolds jitterbugged with their mother to “Mom” by Meghan Trainor “because she taught me how to jitterbug,” they said.

From New York Times Nov. 19, 2021

Bush caught a screen pass and jitterbugged past a diving tackler and exploded into the open field.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2017

At one, in Mold, in Flintshire, they jived and jitterbugged all day long at a 1950s-themed do.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2012

I hadn’t taken a test on anything since college, so anxieties I hadn’t felt in a long time jitterbugged their way through my stomach.

From Slate Jan. 12, 2012

The bottles started bubbling, gently at first, but then they began to shake faster and faster until the whole table jitterbugged.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia