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

Those traits allowed Clark to defend every player on the court, from jitterbug point guards to beanpole centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 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

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

On Saturday night we entered the jitterbug contest at the Silver Slipper, whether we could dance or not.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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

In Hammersmith, at the well-lighted "Palais de Danse," members of the National Coal Board solemnly stood before 2,000 jitterbugs and bobby-soxers and helped select a pretty, blonde "Coal Queen."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

“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

The computer screens jitterbugged as the information flowed into the market in an entirely new way — lingering there long enough to trade.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2014

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

The music that occasionally breaks outs encourages jitterbugging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

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