jit‧ter‧bug /ˈdʒɪtəbʌɡ $ -ər-/
noun [singular][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: jitter 'to move quickly and nervously' (1900-2000) (from jitters) + bug 'person with a strong interest in something' (19-21 centuries); probably invented by the U.S. band leader Cab Calloway]
a fast
jazz dance popular in the 1940s
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