JITTERBUG


Meaning of JITTERBUG in English

/ ˈdʒɪtəbʌg; NAmE -tər-/ noun

a fast dance that was popular in the 1940s

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WORD ORIGIN

1930s (originally US): from the verb jitter to act nervously + bug .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.