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 studio tailored lessons for students ages 30 to 90 and offered classes on dances not taught in American-style studios, such as the Taiwanese jitterbug.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

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

In it, he successfully mimics Parker’s distinctive prose style, one characterized by ironic dialogue and crisp, short sentences that jitterbug across the page in a rhythm you could dance to.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2020

She was sensible enough to sit out jitterbug numbers and avoid music with a South American taint, and Henry said when she learned to talk and dance at the same time she’d be a hit.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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

He built up a sizable following of jitterbugs for his record program, White Heat, enrolled many a hepcat in his White Heat Club of America.

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

Murray had a jitterbugging critic’s full-tilt mind; Guralnick is more pensive.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020

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

The two of them didn't even stop jitterbugging during the intervals.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath