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shtick
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shtick has 4 senses
- shtick(n = noun.quantity) schtick, schtik, shtik - (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
- shtick(n = noun.act) schtick, schtik, shtik - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik" is a kind of business, byplay, stage business
- shtick(n = noun.act) schtick, schtik, shtik - (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh" is a kind of buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank
- shtick(n = noun.act) schtick, schtik, shtik - (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?" is a kind of fast one, trick
has particulars: schtickl, schtikl, shtickl, shtikl
CIDE DICTIONARY
shtick, n. [Yiddish, pranks; fr. MHG st, pieces.].
- A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity. [PJC]
- A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shtick, n. sl. a theatrical routine, gimmick, etc.
Etymology
Yiddish f. G St{uuml}ck piece
THESAURUS
shtick
act, afterpiece, bit, chaser, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, divertimento, divertissement, epilogue, exode, exodus, expository scene, finale, hoke act, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, introduction, number, prologue, routine, scene, sketch, skit, song and dance, stand-up comedy act, striptease, turn
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