jitterbugging
- present participle of jitterbug.
Example Sentences
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The music that occasionally breaks outs encourages jitterbugging.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021
Think of the frowns on slow body-touching dancing or jitterbugging, beep-bop, jazz, rock n roll, miniskirts, facial makeup, tight pants, kissing in public, unchaperoned dates, and on and on.
From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2019
They would blast it out into recreation barracks fall of bobby-soxed, jitterbugging couples: Oh, give me land, lots of land, Under starry skies above, Don’t fence me in.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
