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 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

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

He held out a hand to Doreen, and without a word they both started to jitterbug, still hanging onto their glasses.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

They were jitterbugs, and they were there to dig Harry Haag James, one time circus contortionist, virtuoso trumpeter, and leader of the nation's swing band sensation.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this moment Reynie felt sure they were made of jitterbugs.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Valdez conceived El Pachuco as the embodiment of the outrageously stylish young batos he used to spot around town, who spoke a Cantinflas-meets-Raymond-Chandler patois called caló and jitterbugged at clubs from Boyle Heights to Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

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

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

It’s a collection of interconnected scenes set during World War II, with songs by the Andrews Sisters and sweet young people jitterbugging in soft skirts, wide khakis and buttondowns, their hair slicked or ponytailed.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020

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

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath