jitterbug
Forties ballroom craze
Jitterbug is a fast, athletic style of swing dance popular in the 1940s, characterized by energetic movements, lifts, and spins.
The term also refers to someone who performs this dance: The jitterbugs cleared the floor with their acrobatics.
By extension, jitterbug can mean a nervous or jittery person, though this sense is dated.
Partnered swing dance
- boogie-woogieDriving bass, freewheeling treble
- shagLong-napped rug type
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
jive · aerials · breakaway · partnering · footwork · musicality · improvisation · dance-hall
Intensely lively and cheerful
- vivaciousAttractively energetic and enthusiastic
- spiritedFull of vim
- athleticPhysically strong and active
- dynamicActive and changing
peppy · bubbly · effervescent · frolicsome · animated · zippy · bouncy · high-energy
Coin-operated music player
- bobby-soxerForties adolescent female fan
- canteenPortable liquid container
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- servicemenMembers of armed forces
Jumping sap-feeding insect
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- agriculturalOf farming practices
- aphidSap-sucking garden pest
- infestationPest takeover situation
larvae · species · sap-sucking · vineyard · insecticide
lindy-hop
Partnered swing dance
- boogie-woogieDriving bass, freewheeling treble
- shagLong-napped rug type
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
syncopation · jive · aerials · breakaway · partnering · footwork · musicality · improvisation · dance-hall
exuberant
Intensely lively and cheerful
- vivaciousAttractively energetic and enthusiastic
- spiritedFull of vim
- athleticPhysically strong and active
dynamic · peppy · bubbly · effervescent · frolicsome · animated · zippy · bouncy · high-energy · fast-paced
jukebox
Coin-operated music player
- bobby-soxerForties adolescent female fan
- canteenPortable liquid container
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
leafhopper
Jumping sap-feeding insect
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- agriculturalOf farming practices
- aphidSap-sucking garden pest
infestation · larvae · species · sap-sucking · vineyard · insecticide
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
- American danceline dance, square dance, tap dance, jazz dance, breakdancing
- American dancesCharleston, twist, cakewalk, lindy hop, swing dance
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- dance stylesballet, tango, salsa, waltz, hip hop
jitterbugslow waltz
Unhurried triple-time ballroom dance
waltz · foxtrot · slow dance · minuet · tango
jitterbugstoic
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
unflappable · composed · placid · laid-back · phlegmatic
jitterbugballet
Classical dance on pointe
slow dance · classical dance · processional · pavane · sarabande