1. A performer's routine or gimmick; a characteristic style of performance
   "The magician's schtick involved pulling rabbits from unlikely places";
   - shtik [informal], shtick [informal]
    
2. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
   "The comedian's schtick had the audience laughing";
   - shtik [informal], shtick [informal]
    
3. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
   "how did you ever fall for a schtick like that?";
   - shtik [informal], shtick [informal]

Derived forms: schticks

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

Encyclopedia: Schtick