Meaning

1 senses

  1. To dance the jitterbug.

    do the jitterbug

Origin

From jitter + bug, after the 1934 Cab Calloway song “Jitter Bug”.

From jitter + bug, after the 1934 Cab Calloway song “Jitter Bug”.

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Forms

jitterbugs, jitterbugging, jitterbugged, jitterbugged
Base formjitterbug · to jitterbug
3rd person singularjitterbugs
Present participlejitterbugging
Past simplejitterbugged
Past participlejitterbugged

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjitterbug
he, she, itjitterbugs

Past simpleLesson

all personsjitterbugged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jitterbugged
he, she, ithas jitterbugged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jitterbug

Word family

2 related words
Derivedjitjitterbugger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jinxjitterjitteryjoannajobA1
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