<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.</li><li>A person who dances the jitterbug.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) jitterbugged, jitterbugging: to dance the jitterbug.</li></ul>