jitterbug

n.

1. A strenuous dance performed to quick-tempo swing or jazz music and consisting of various two-step patterns embellished with twirls and sometimes acrobatic maneuvers.
2. One who performs this dance.

intr.v., -bugged, -bug·ging, -bugs.
To perform this dance.

[From jitterbug, heavy drinker who suffers from the jitters, from JITTER.]

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An informal, unconventional and sometimes violent style of dance, generally performed to syncopated music. Originating in New York dance halls (e.g. the Savoy) as an acrobatic, improvised style, it came to be performed in the 1940s and 1950s throughout North America and Europe.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - jitterbug, akrobatisk swingdans
v. intr. - danse jitterbug

Nederlands (Dutch)
zenuwlijder, jitterbug (dans), iemand die de jitterbug danst, de jitterbug dansen

Français (French)
n. - danse acrobatique sur rythme de swing ou de boogie-woogie, fana du jitter-bug (un danseur), froussard, trouillard, paniquard
v. intr. - danser le jitter-bug

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nervenbündel, Jitterbug, Swingenthusiast
v. - Jitterbug tanzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χορός) τζίτερμπαγκ, χορευτής του χορού αυτού, νευρικός και φοβητσιάρης άνθρωπος
v. - χορεύω τζίτερμπαγκ

Italiano (Italian)
jitterbug (ballo sfrenato), ballare/suonare il jitterbug

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo de dança (f) rápida e acrobática
v. - dançar este tipo de dança

Русский (Russian)
быстрый танец с резкими движениями под джазовую музыку, псих, паникер

Español (Spanish)
n. - especie de baile de movimientos convulsivos
v. intr. - bailar con movimientos convulsivos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jitterbug, jitterbuggare, nervös person
v. - dansa jitterbug

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吉特巴舞, 容易紧张的人, 跳吉特巴舞的人, 跳吉特巴舞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吉特巴舞, 容易緊張的人, 跳吉特巴舞的人
v. intr. - 跳吉特巴舞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지르바를 추는 사람, 신경질적인 사람
v. intr. - 지르바를 추다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ジルバ, ジルバを踊る人
v. - ジルバを踊る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مولع بالرقص العنيف, شخص عصبي (فعل) الشخس المولع بالرقص العنيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם עצבני, ריקוד קצבי (משנות הארבעים), חובב הריקוד הזה‬
v. intr. - ‮רקד ריקודים אלו‬

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