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Schtick Common

Schtick has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(Yiddish) a little; a piece

"give him a shtik cake"

"he's a shtik crazy"

"he played a shtik Beethoven"

2

(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

"play it straight with no shtik"

3

(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

"his shtik made us laugh"

4

(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

"how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"

5

Alternative spelling of shtick

Example Sentences
"give him a shtik cake" noun
"he's a shtik crazy" noun
"he played a shtik Beethoven" noun
"play it straight with no shtik" noun
"his shtik made us laugh" noun
"how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?" noun
See Also
schticks
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
small indefinite quantity business buffoonery trick
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
shtikl
Rhyming Words
ick bick pick kick vick gick nick hick mick sick rick lick fick tick dick crick trick click brick blick
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