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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.

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Examples

  • The speeding zombie turned as my twin silver whips slashed the thigh bones out from under it and threw them over my shoulder to Quicksilver, who chomped them to bits even as they jitterbugged away.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • As dishes danced in the cupboard and the bedstead jitterbugged, I thought, “Oh, Lord, you are not finished yet!”

    The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010

  • As dishes danced in the cupboard and the bedstead jitterbugged, I thought, “Oh, Lord, you are not finished yet!”

    The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010

  • As dishes danced in the cupboard and the bedstead jitterbugged, I thought, “Oh, Lord, you are not finished yet!”

    The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010

  • However, the bands back then typically played in elegant ballrooms with an audience full of dancers who waltzed, foxtrotted and jitterbugged the evening away, and their music was the vernacular of the day.

    Not Your Grandpa's Big Bands 2009

  • So uprooted by choice, free from the ground that stuck you in – you jitterbugged through the forest, filled with onlookers – some of whom whoop at you with encouragements, other's look on with disdain -

    Expanses 2008

  • He jitterbugged in and out of traffic on a 16-yard TD run late in the third quarter that was called back by a holding call.

    USATODAY.com - College Football - Youngstown St. vs. Ohio St. 2006

  • His voice was relaxed, although his cup jitterbugged in its saucer.

    The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005

  • He healed people's livers, backaches, and broken legs, passed around gigantic collection baskets, and jitterbugged vigorously to Christian rock hymns accompanied by a chorus of Ugandan youths.

    God and the Fight Against AIDS Epstein, Helen 2005

  • He kept going with a full head of steam, jitterbugged to create some space and blasted a shot.

    USATODAY.com - Beasley's spark puts U.S. in new light 2002

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