schtick Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun (Yiddish) a little; a piece
   shtick; shtik; schtik.
   
   • give him a shtik cake
   • he's a shtik crazy
   • he played a shtik Beethoven
2. noun (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
   shtick; shtik; schtik.
   
   • play it straight with no shtik
3. noun (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
   shtick; shtik; schtik.
   
   • his shtik made us laugh
4. noun (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
   shtick; shtik; schtik.
   
   • how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?

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