shtick

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noun

1. (Yiddish) a little;
a piece
- give him a shtik cake
- he's a shtik crazy
- he played a shtik Beethoven
• Syn:
shtik, schtik, schtick
• Topics:
Yiddish
• Hypernyms:
small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
shtikl, shtickl, schtikl, schtickl
2. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
- play it straight with no shtik
• Syn:
shtik, schtik, schtick
• Topics:
Yiddish
• Hypernyms:
business, stage business, byplay
3. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
- his shtik made us laugh
• Syn:
shtik, schtik, schtick
• Topics:
Yiddish
• Hypernyms:
buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
4. (Yiddish) a devious trick;
a bit of cheating
- how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?
• Syn:
shtik, schtik, schtick
• Topics:
Yiddish
• Hypernyms:
trick, fast one