Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jitterbug

1 sense of jitterbug

Sense 1
jitterbug -- (a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s)
       => social dancing -- (dancing as part of a social occasion)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jitterbug

1 sense of jitterbug

Sense 1
jitterbug -- (do the jitterbug)
       => dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe -- (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio")