Usually means: Danced energetically to swing music.
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  1. jitterbugged: Merriam-Webster
  2. jitterbugged: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jitterbugged: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jitterbugged: Vocabulary.com
  5. jitterbugged: Wiktionary
  6. jitterbugged: Dictionary.com
  7. jitterbugged: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jitterbugged: Encyclopedia

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  1. jitterbugged: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See jitterbug as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (jitterbug)

noun:  (colloquial) A nervous or jittery person.
noun:  (jazz) A jazz musician or aficionado.
noun:  (dance) An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
noun:  Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”)
verb:  To dance the jitterbug.
▸ Also see jitterbug


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