WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
jit•ter•bug /ˈdʒɪtɚˌbʌg/USA pronunciation   n., v., -bugged, -bug•ging. 
n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dancea fast-paced dance of twirls, splits, and somersaults, performed to swing music.

v. [no object]
  1. Music and Danceto dance the jitterbug.
jit•ter•bug•ger, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
jit•ter•bug  ( jit′ər bug′),USA pronunciation n., v., -bugged, -bug•ging. 
n. 
  1. Music and Dancea strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular esp. in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
  2. Music and Dancea person who dances the jitterbug.

v.i. 
  1. Music and Danceto dance the jitterbug.
  • jitter + bug1 1930–35, American.
jit′ter•bug′ger, n. 


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