shtik

2 definitions found

shtik - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

shtik - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shtik
      n 1: (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]
      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, shtick, schtick]
      3: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us
         laugh" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick]
      4: (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you
         ever fall for a shtik like that?" [syn: shtik, schtik,
         shtick, schtick]