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shtick
noun \ˈshtik\
: a usual way of performing, behaving, speaking, etc.
: something that a person likes to do or does well
Full Definition of SHTICK
1
: a usually comic or repetitious performance or routine : bit
2
: one's special trait, interest, or activity : bag <he's alive and well and now doing his shtick out in Hollywood — Robert Daley>
— shticky \ˈshti-kē\ adjective
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Variants of SHTICK
shtick also schtick or shtik \ˈshtik\
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Origin of SHTICK
Yiddish shtik pranks, literally, piece, from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki; akin to Old English stycce piece, Old High German stoc stick — more at stock
First Known Use: 1959
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