jitterbug
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Jitterbug — can be used as a noun to refer to a swing dancer or various types of swing dances, e.g., Lindy Hop [cite book last = Manning first = Frankie authorlink = Frankie Manning coauthors = Cynthia R. Millman title = Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy… … Wikipedia
Jitterbug — peut être utilisé comme nom pour désigner un danseur de Swing ou bien différentes variations de danses Swing comme le Lindy Hop[1], le Jive ou le West Coast Swing. Aux États Unis il est aussi utilisé comme verbe pour décrire une personne dansant… … Wikipédia en Français
jitterbug — v. i. to do the jitterbug. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jitterbug — ☆ jitterbug [jit′ərbug΄ ] n. [ JITTER + BUG1] 1. a dance for couples, esp. in the late 1930s and early 1940s, involving fast, acrobatic movements to swing music 2. a dancer of the jitterbug vi. jitterbugged, jitterbugging to dance the jitterbug … English World dictionary
jitterbug — n. a fast and vigorous American dance that was popular in the 1940s, having few standardized steps and personalized with various twirls, twists, and acrobatic moves; it was performed often to the accompaniment of swing or boogie woogie tunes.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jitterbug — GÍTĂRBAG/ s. m. 1. nume dat unor amatori de jaz care se agită fără rost în timpul unei audiţii. 2. dans acrobatic, agitat, dezlănţuit. 3. dansator de jaz. (< engl. jitterbug) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
jitterbug — ► NOUN ▪ a fast dance performed to swing music, popular in the 1940s. ► VERB (jitterbugged, jitterbugging) ▪ dance the jitterbug … English terms dictionary
jitterbug — (n.) 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 (see JITTERS (Cf. jitters); also Cf. BUG (Cf. bug) (n.)).… … Etymology dictionary
jitterbug — (izg. džìterbag) m DEFINICIJA glazb. društveni ples brzog ritma nastao u SAD u 1920 ih ETIMOLOGIJA amer.engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
Jitterbug — Amerikanische Jitterbugs in den 1930er Jahren Der Jitterbug (von engl. jitterbug „Zappelphilipp“ zu to jitter „sich nervös hin und her bewegen“) ist ein schneller, exaltierter Tanzstil US amerikanischen Ursprungs, der nach 1945 auch in Europa… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Jitterbug — Jit|ter|bug 〈[ dʒı̣tə(r)bʌg] m. 6; Mus.〉 schneller, akrobatischer amerikan. Modetanz nach Jazzmusik [<engl. jitter „zittern, zappeln“ + bug „Käfer“] * * * Jit|ter|bug [ d̮ʒɪtɐbag ], der; [s], [s] [engl. jitterbug, aus: to jitter = zappelig… … Universal-Lexikon
