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jitterbug

English

Etymology

jitter +? bug, after the 1934 Cab Calloway song Jitter Bug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d???t?(?)b??/

Noun

jitterbug (plural jitterbugs)

  1. (colloquial) A nervous or jittery person.
  2. (jazz) A jazz musician or aficionado.
  3. (dance) An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
  4. Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”)

Synonyms

  • (jazz musician): jazzbo, jazzman, jazzperson
  • (nervous or jittery person): bundle of nerves, nervous wreck, worrywart; see also Thesaurus:worrier

Verb

jitterbug (third-person singular simple present jitterbugs, present participle jitterbugging, simple past and past participle jitterbugged)

  1. To dance the jitterbug.

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litterbug

English

Etymology

litter +? bug. Coined in 1947 by New York copywriter Paul B. Gioni for The American Ad Council

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?l?t??b??/

Noun

litterbug (plural litterbugs)

  1. (informal) A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up.

Synonyms

  • litter lout

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