'shtick' definitions:
Definition of 'shtick'
From: WordNet
noun
(Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" [syn: shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick]
noun
(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, shtick, schtick]
noun
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick]
noun
Definition of 'shtick'
From: GCIDE
- shtick \shtick\, shtik \shtik\(sht[i^]k), n. [Yiddish, pranks; fr. MHG st["u]cke, pieces.]
- 1. A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity. [PJC]
- 2. (Show business) A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'shtick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- afterpiece,
- bit,
- chaser,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- finale,
- hoke act,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- number,
- prologue,
- routine,
- scene,
- sketch,
- skit,
- song and dance,
- stand-up comedy act,
- striptease,
- turn