schtick

[shtik]
noun Slang.
Also, schtik.
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schtick (ʃtɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a variant form of shtick

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
shtick or schtick (ʃtɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slang a comedian's routine; act; piece
 
[C20: from Yiddish shtik piece, from Middle High German stücke]
 
schtick or schtick
 
n
 
[C20: from Yiddish shtik piece, from Middle High German stücke]

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schtick definition

[ʃtɪk]
and shtik
  1. n.
    a routine or act that is the trademark of an entertainer, especially in vaudeville. (Yiddish.) : His schtick was a trained dog and cat act.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
But it's also part of his whole persona, his schtick.
There is a naivete in the play's earnest artistic idealism and its moments of rudimentary comic schtick.
Emma blows her stack again, which makes me fear it will become a stack schtick, stat.
Your schtick on uranium mining is true of any form of mining.
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