Jerk, The Jerk, Jerks, or Jerking may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film, stage, and television
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''Jerk'' (play), a 2008 puppet play by Dennis Cooper
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''Jerk'' (TV series), a 2019 British sitcom
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The Jerk'', a 1979 American film
* "Jerk", an episode of ''
2 Stupid Dogs
''2 Stupid Dogs'' is an American animated television series created and designed by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It originally ran from September 5, 1993, to May 15, 1995, on TBS as a part of their ''Sunday Morning in Fr ...
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* "The Jerk", an episode of ''
House
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
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"Jerk" (''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''), an episode of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''
Music
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Jerk (band)
Jerk were an Australian industrial metal band formed in 1998. They released a sole album, ''When Pure Is Defiled'' (April 2003), with the line-up of Charles Cilia, Leeno Dee, Johnathan Devoy and Lamar Lowder, which peaked at No. 38 on the ...
, an Australian metal band
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''Jerk'' (album), by hHead, 1994
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"Jerk" (Kim Stockwood song), 1996
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"Jerk" (Oliver Tree song), 2020
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The Jerks, a Filipino rock band
Other uses
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Jerk (physics)
In physics, jerk or jolt is the rate at which an object's acceleration changes with respect to time. It is a vector quantity (having both magnitude and direction). Jerk is most commonly denoted by the symbol and expressed in m/s3 (SI units) or ...
, an aspect of variable motion
* Half of the
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
, an Olympic weightlifting lift
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Jerk (cooking), a style of cooking native to Jamaica
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Jerk (dance)
The jerk was a popular or fad dance in the 1960s.
Description
The jerk is similar to the monkey. The arms move and hands move as if conducting. The wrists cross in front of the chest and then sweep out in time, or at half time, with the music. ...
, a 1960s fad dance
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Jerkin', a dance
See also
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Tim Jerks, Australian football coach
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Geomagnetic jerk
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Hypnic jerk, a kind of muscle twitch
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Soda jerk
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Jurk (disambiguation)
Jurk may refer to:
People
*Thomas Jurk (born 1962), German politician
*Ulrike Jurk (born 1979), German volleyball player
Other uses
*''De jurk'' or ''The Dress'', a 1996 Dutch comedy film
*Legal Aid for Women (Norwegian: ''Juridisk rådgivning fo ...
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Jerkin (disambiguation)
A jerkin is a man's short close-fitting jacket.
Jerkin may also refer to:
* Falconer's term for a male gyrfalcon
* Jerkinhead roof
A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usuall ...
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Circle jerk (disambiguation)
A circle jerk is a sexual practice involving group masturbation, especially when all-male.
Circle jerk may also refer to:
* a slang term for an echo chamber (media), echo chamber
* Circle Jerks, an American punk band
* "Circle Jerk", a song by ...
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