Shtick

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shtick
       n 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}]
       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}]
       3: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us
          laugh" [syn: {shtik}, {schtik}, {schtick}]
       4: (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you
          ever fall for a shtik like that?" [syn: {shtik}, {schtik},
           {schtick}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "shtick":
     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