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Noun: shtick  sh'tik
Usage: informal
  1. (Yiddish) a performer's routine or gimmick; a characteristic style of performance
    - shtik [informal], schtik [informal], schtick [informal]
     
  2. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
    - shtik [informal], schtik [informal], schtick [informal]
     
  3. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
    "how did you ever fall for a shtick like that?";
    - shtik [informal], schtik [informal], schtick [informal]

Derived forms: shticks

Type of: buffoonery, business, byplay, clowning, fast one, frivolity, harlequinade [archaic], japery, prank, stage business, trick

Encyclopedia: Shtick