jitterbug

Questions about jitterbug

What does jitterbug mean?

jitterbug means "a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jitterbug?

jitterbug has 3 syllables: jit-ter-bug. The stress falls on "jit". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪtɚˌbʌɡ/.

Is jitterbug a common word?

jitterbug is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with jitterbug?

5 words rhyme with jitterbug. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.