jitterbug

Meanings

Plural: jitterbugs

Noun

• a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
• A nervous or jittery person.
• A jazz musician or aficionado.
• An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
• Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”).

Verb

• do the jitterbug
• To dance the jitterbug.

Synonyms

bundle of nerves, diddley bow, jazzbo, jazzman, jazzperson, nervous wreck, worrier, worrywart