jitterbug

It references to Audrey Hepburn and British supermodel Twiggy, and the frenetic editing and jitterbug choreography make it a unique entry in her videography.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

The Germans banned jazz, but wherever they went, U.S. soldiers, known as GIs, introduced locals to jazz and the jitterbug, popular back in the States.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

It grew out of the jitterbug and the Lindy Hop of the 1930s and ’40s, said D.C. filmmaker Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, who made the 2010 documentary “Hand Dance: A Capitol Swing.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022

Dorothy WhiteHorse, 89, a Kiowa who attended Riverside in the 1940s, said she recalled learning to dance the jitterbug in the school’s gymnasium and learning to speak English for the first time.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

You can cross over, or do some corny dips, or even jitterbug a little, and she stays right with you.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

Another fascinating juxtaposition happened with the dancing, since de Mille’s choreography was supplemented with jitterbugs devised by the king of Harlem ballrooms, Herbert White, who brought along his troupe.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2021

The work emphasizes kinetic folk traditions, whether that means sacred Native American rituals, jazz-club jitterbugs or farmworker jigs.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2016

"Starting off, I had a few jitterbugs, but once I touched the field and saw how the atmosphere was, I got pretty comfortable," Wilson said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2010

Since his band plays better when jitterbugs jig, WJZ provided space for the more delirious members of the audience to strut their stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

“These mollicoddled jitterbugs show what they’re made of. Just a bunch of cry babies.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

Reynolds jitterbugged with their mother to “Mom” by Meghan Trainor “because she taught me how to jitterbug,” they said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

“That was a good route because he jitterbugged away from me on the baseline,” James said of Moore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2018

At one, in Mold, in Flintshire, they jived and jitterbugged all day long at a 1950s-themed do.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2012

I hadn’t taken a test on anything since college, so anxieties I hadn’t felt in a long time jitterbugged their way through my stomach.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2012

The bottles started bubbling, gently at first, but then they began to shake faster and faster until the whole table jitterbugged.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

His cameos as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging across the stage with the self-satisfied air of a country rake, were not just enlivening but renewing, capturing the character in a new idiom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025

Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021

Think of the frowns on slow body-touching dancing or jitterbugging, beep-bop, jazz, rock n roll, miniskirts, facial makeup, tight pants, kissing in public, unchaperoned dates, and on and on.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2019

If you showed up late on a weekend, the obstacle course from the front door to the bar could include navigating through the band and the couples jitterbugging on the makeshift dance floor.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2015

His friends were still dazed, staring in amazement at the jitterbugging metal guys, but they got his warning.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan