shtick
or shtik
(especially in comic acting) a routine or piece of business inserted to gain a laugh or draw attention to oneself.
one's special interest, talent, etc.
Origin of shtick
1- Also schtick, schtik .
Words Nearby shtick
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How to use shtick in a sentence
Beyond the strongman shtick that motivates enthusiasm for Vladimir Putin and for movements like Fuentes’s, this is revealing.
The war against democracy finds allies in America First | Philip Bump | February 27, 2022 | Washington PostI would eventually run for and get elected to Congress, but I grew to find Limbaugh’s show to be little more than shtick.
Rush Limbaugh Leaves Behind a Conservative Movement No Longer Interested in Truth. That Alarms Me as a Conservative | Joe Walsh | February 17, 2021 | Time“Borat 2” can’t rely on this shtick, however, because the original movie made Borat too recognizable.
You should side with Borat’s victims, not mock them | Sonny Bunch | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostThe film relies on a steady stream of gross gags and outdated shtick.
But the main thing was corner shtick, we called it, and in our gang, I was the undisputed champ at corner shtick.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Christie has “regular guy” down, too, but with him, he has it so far down that it risks becoming shtick.
Scott Walker Is the Perfect Republican Candidate for 2016 (on Paper) | David Freedlander | November 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCritics who are less bullish on The Crazy Ones bemoan all of this, protesting that the Robin Williams shtick is worn out.
‘The Michael J. Fox Show’ & Robin Williams’s ‘The Crazy Ones’ Are Fall’s Best New Sitcoms | Kevin Fallon | September 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJ-Fal and the Roots reprised their classroom-instruments shtick with Robin Thicke Thursday to sing his hit, ‘Blurred Lines.’
Brian Williams Does Marky Mark, NASA’s Scary Map & More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | August 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWid a shtick in me fist Oi'll take care of ony spalpeen fwhat'll stand up in front av me.
Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) | John McElroyDo you mind that shtick—big enough to sarve as a respictable shillalah at Donnybrook Fair?
In the Pecos Country | Edward Sylvester Ellis (AKA Lieutenant R.H. Jayne)Why, if it kim to a foight, the bastes could run underneath, and shtick their spears through the flure.
The Rajah of Dah | George Manville FennTo wait a bit, and thin go round wid a thick shtick and bate all their heads.
The Rajah of Dah | George Manville FennHe handed the cob to the waiter, and asked, "Will you plaze put some more beans on my shtick?"
Science in the Kitchen. | Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for shtick
schtick
/ (ʃtɪk) /
slang a comedian's routine; act; piece
Origin of shtick
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