shtick
noun
(especially in comic acting) a routine or piece of business inserted to gain a laugh or draw attention to oneself.
shtik
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a variation of
shtick.
Example Sentences
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Being the shocking granny has become part of her shtik.
From Newsweek ● May 13, 2010
Her marathon session with Beck was a chiffon of ignorance, hairstyling, egotism, and shtik.
From Newsweek ● Jan. 16, 2010
The most baleful byproduct of answering machines is these awful shtik.
From Time Magazine Archive
While training as an Orthodox rabbi in Brooklyn, though, he used to slip up to the Catskill resorts on weekends, where he did a stand-up comic shtik using the name Jerry Herring.
From Time Magazine Archive
But below that surface, the act is as tight as a bear hug, and even the simplest shtik has flip-side gags within gags.
From Time Magazine Archive
