Shtick Definition & Meaning
shtick
- noun
- (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven"
- (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik"
- (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh"
- (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
"Shtick" in song lyrics
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"Coughin and wheezin, yup, the whole shtick"
Ugly Duckling — I Wanna Go Home
Words that rhyme with shtick
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- What does shtick mean?
- (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik" (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh" (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
- What part of speech is shtick?
- Shtick is a noun.
- How many definitions does shtick have?
- Shtick has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).