JITTERBUG

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: jitterbugged , jitterbugging

Meaning:

A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jitterbug" is a kind of...):

social dancing (dancing as part of a social occasion)

Derivation:

jitterbug (do the jitterbug)

Meaning:

Do the jitterbug

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jitterbug" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue jitterbug

Derivation:

jitterbug (a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s)