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Noun: shtik
Usage: informal
  1. A performer's routine or gimmick; a characteristic style of performance
    "play it straight with no shtik";
    - shtick [informal], schtick [informal]
     
  2. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
    "his shtik made us laugh";
    - shtick [informal], schtick [informal]
     
  3. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
    "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?";
    - shtick [informal], schtick [informal]

Derived forms: shtiks

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