Found 2 items, similar to shtick.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shtick
shtick
n 1: (Yiddish) a little; a piece;
“give him a shtik cake”;
“he's
a shtik crazy”;
“he played a shtik Beethoven” [syn:
shtik,
schtik,
schtick]
2: (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a
performer uses to steal attention;
“play it straight with
no shtik” [syn:
shtik,
schtik,
schtick]
3: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning;
“his shtik made us
laugh” [syn:
shtik,
schtik,
schtick]
4: (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating;
“how did you
ever fall for a shtik like that?” [syn:
shtik,
schtik,
schtick]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: shtick
shtick
\shtick\, shtik
\shtik\(sht[i^]k), n. [Yiddish, pranks;
fr. MHG st["u]cke, pieces.]
1. A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual
activity.
[PJC]
2. (Show business) A comic routine or a specific gag inserted
in a show for laughs.
[PJC]