Meaning Jitterbug
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Jitterbug


An older style of Swing danced in single-rhythm, to very fast big band jazz music of the thirties and forties.
Source: ballroomdancers.com

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popular type of fast swing dance, 1938, American English, from "Jitter Bug," title of a song recorded by Cab Calloway in 1934. Probably the literal sense is "one who has the jitters&quo [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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Jitterbug


A lively, improvisational, athletic style of dancing performed to syncopated music which originated in New York in the 1940's and 1950's.
Source: dictionary.onmusic.org

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A grate tamper used to cause sand and cement grout to rise to the surface of wet concrete during placement of slabs. May be motorized or hand operated. See tamper
Source: deeconcrete.com

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(n) a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s(v) do the jitterbug
Source: beedictionary.com





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