Jerk may refer to:

• Jerk (album), an album by hHead
• Jerk (band), an industrial metal band from Sydney, Australia
• The Jerk (dance), a 1960s dance craze based on the Don Julian song
• Jerk (physics), in physics, the rate of change of acceleration
• Jerk (play), a 2008 puppet play written by Dennis Cooper
• The Jerk (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 jerk", a 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
• Jerkin', a 2000's dance
• Soda jerk, a person who operates a soda fountain