physical jerks

American  

plural noun

British.

1. physical conditioning exercises, as push-ups and knee bends.

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physical jerks British  

plural noun

1. informal See jerk 1

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Example Sentences

"It's great that it's getting this kind of visibility and that all these people who have worked so hard are being celebrated," former dancer Kid Keir, Physical Jerks Crew, told BBC Sport.

From BBC

At 11 I went to a girls’ grammar school where sport was valued, even if we were forced to do our physical jerks in pleated games skirts and/or grey knickers.

From The Guardian

Is there a problem in this sad old world that can’t be solved by physical jerks?

From The Guardian

I became a past master on the parallel bars and excelled at physical jerks;—we have trembled at the mere sound of his voice, but his runaway post-horse never got the better of us.

From Literature

Mandatory calisthenics programs like The Physical Jerks may drive engagement in the near term, but it would be foolish for us to intentionally show nothing but The Physical Jerks on a loop, because when we tried this by accident in Colchester, everyone died of thirst and exhaustion.

From Slate