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jitterbugging

/ˈdʒɪtərˌbʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪdərˌbʌɡɪŋ/

Meanings
verb
To dance the jitterbug.

Examples :

"They spent the evening jitterbugging at the 1940s-themed dance. "
dance entertainment music style action culture

Related Words

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evening noun

/ˈivnɪŋ/ /ˈiːvənɪŋ/

The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.

"The evening air was cool as Sarah walked home from school. "

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at verb

/æt/

To reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)

"My friend is going to at me on Twitter about the new movie. "

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dance noun

[dæːns] [dans] [däːns] [dɑːns] /dæns/

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

"The school's dance team performed a lively dance during the assembly. "

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spent verb

/ˈspɛnt/

To pay out (money).

"He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper."

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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they pronoun

/ðeɪ/

(the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.

"Dogs may bark if they want to be fed."

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s noun

/ɛs/

A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

"The antique scale was so sensitive that it could measure the weight difference between two samples that differed by just one s. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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themed verb

/θiːmd/ /θeɪmd/

To give a theme to.

"We themed the birthday party around superheroes."

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jitterbug noun

/ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)bʌɡ/

A one-stringed instrument (monochord) that consists of a wire string attached to something solid like the side of a house, and played with a piece of metal or glass, originating in the African American traditional music of Mississippi in the United States.

"During the Mississippi Delta Blues workshop, the instructor showed us how to build a simple jitterbug using wire and the side of the barn, explaining its roots in African American musical tradition. "