Jerk (disambiguation)
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Jerk may refer to:
Jerk may also refer to:
- Jerk (album)Jerk (album)Jerk is the second album by Canadian alternative/indie rock band hHead, released in 1994. The prize money that hHead won from a CFNY-FM contest went towards paying the costs for making this album...
, an album by hHead - Jerk (band)Jerk (band)Jerk was an industrial metal band from Sydney, Australia. They released a single album, and featured in the video games Need for Speed: Underground and NHL 2004...
, an industrial metal band from Sydney, Australia - The Jerk (dance)The Jerk (dance)The Jerk was a popular dance in the 1960s. The song You're a Jerk written by Nathan Diaz inspired the jerk to become popular.-Description:...
, a 1960s dance craze based on the Don Julian song - Jerk (physics), in physics, the rate of change of acceleration
- Jerk (play)Jerk (play)Jerk is a one-person puppet play by the American writer Dennis Cooper, made in collaboration with director Gisèle Vienne and performer Jonathan Capdevielle, based on Cooper's 1993 novel of the same name. It is based on the story of serial killer Dean Corll and his teenage accomplices David Brooks...
, a 2008 puppet play written by Dennis Cooper - The JerkThe JerkThe Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film. Directed by Carl Reiner, the film was written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh and Jackie Mason.-Plot:The film begins...
(1979), a comedy film starring Steve Martin - "The Jerk" (House episode), a third season episode of the TV series House
Jerk may also refer to:
- The second phase of the "Clean and jerkClean and jerkThe clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
", a weightlifting exercise - Hypnic jerkHypnic jerkA hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, or night start, is an involuntary myoclonic twitch which occurs during hypnagogia, just as a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing them to awaken suddenly. Physically, hypnic jerks resemble the "jump" experienced by a person when...
, an involuntary muscle twitch during the transition from wakefulness to sleep - Jamaican jerk spiceJamaican jerk spiceJerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. Jerk seasoning is traditionally applied to pork and chicken. Modern recipes also apply jerk spice mixes to fish, shrimp, shellfish, beef, sausage,...
, a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meats are dry-rubbed with a fiery spice mixture - Jerkin'Jerkin'Jerkin or Jerk is a street dance from Los Angeles. Since 2009, jerkin' has gained fans along the West Coast and is gaining popularity on the East Coast....
, a 2000's dance - Soda jerkSoda jerkA soda jerk was a person — typically a youth — who operated the soda fountain in a drugstore, often for the purpose of preparing and serving ice cream soda. This was made by putting flavored syrup into a specially designed tall glass, adding carbonated water and, finally, one or two scoops of ice...
, a person who operates a soda fountain