Jerk (disambiguation)

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Jerk may refer to one of the following:

  • Clean and jerk, the second stage of the Olympic weightlifting exercise
  • Hypnic jerk, an involuntary muscle twitch during the transition from wakefulness to sleep
  • Jamaican jerk spice, a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meats are dry-rubbed with a fiery spice mixture
  • Soda jerk, a person who operates a soda fountain
  • Jerk, in physics, the rate of change of acceleration.
  • The Jerk (1979), a comedy film starring Steve Martin
  • The Jerk (House episode), a third season episode of the TV series House
  • Jerk, an album released in 1995 by hHead on IRS records
  • Jerk (band), an industrial metal band from Sydney, Australia
  • The Jerk (dance), a dance craze
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