Usually means: Energetic swing dance from 1930s.
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  1. jitterbugging: Merriam-Webster
  2. jitterbugging: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jitterbugging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jitterbugging: Vocabulary.com
  5. jitterbugging: Wordnik
  6. jitterbugging: Wiktionary
  7. jitterbugging: Dictionary.com
  8. jitterbugging: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jitterbugging: Encyclopedia

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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.
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