Jerk, The Jerk, Jerks, or Jerking may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film, stage, and television

* ''Jerk'' (play), a 2008 puppet play by Dennis Cooper * ''Jerk'' (TV series), a 2019 British sitcom * ''

The Jerk ''The Jerk'' is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Martin and Gottlieb). This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also f ...

'', a 1979 American film * "Jerk", an episode of ''

2 Stupid Dogs ''2 Stupid Dogs'' is an American animated television series created by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons for on TBS. It originally ran from September 5, 1993 to February 13, 1995, as part of TBS's ''Sunday Morning in Front ...

'' * "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 c ...

'' * "Jerk" (''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''), an episode of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''

Music

* Jerk (band), an Australian metal band * ''Jerk'' (album), by hHead, 1994 * "Jerk" (Kim Stockwood song), 1996 * "Jerk" (Oliver Tree song), 2020 *

The Jerks The Jerks is a rock band from the Philippines formed in 1979, and perhaps, is the original alternative rock and blues band in the country. The band has undergone a lot of member changes and notably a lot of the previous members of the band are n ...

, a Filipino rock band

Other uses

Jerk (physics) Jerk (also known as jolt) is the rate of change of an object's acceleration over 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 standard gra ...

, 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 rest ...

, an Olympic weightlifting lift *

Jerk (cooking) Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet-marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. The technique of ''jerking'' (or cooking with ''jerk spice'') originated from Jamaica's indigeno ...

, a style of cooking native to Jamaica *

Jerk (dance) The jerk is a dance in which performers make sudden movements by jerking their body back and forth. It rose to popularity in the 1960s, where it became a fad dance. Description The jerk is similar to the monkey. The arms move and hands move as ...

, a 1960s fad dance *

Jerkin' Jerkin' or Jerk is a street dance culture and hip hop subgenre originating in urban California in the late 2000s. It gained mainstream popularity outside of California by Inland Empire-based groups New Boyz and Audio Push, and has origin ...

, a dance

Arts and entertainment

Film, stage, and television

Music

Other uses

See also