shtick
Collocations
4ADJ.
darling, darling, divine, great, old
VERB + SHTICK
surprised
SHTICK + NOUN
strippers
PREP.
between
Definitions
noun
A generally humorous routine.
Sally Marr: Lenny [Bruce] used to do a shtick between strippers. / The Interviewer: What kind of stick? / Sally Marr: No, it's shtick, darling, shtick.
Dag and I are drying glasses, a strangely restful activity, and we're listening to Mr. M. do his Mr. M. shtick. We feed him lines; it's like watching a Bob Hope TV special but with home viewer participation.
A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves.
I'm never ever gonna quit 'cause / Quittin' just ain't my shtick
Like you, I have stumbled through life without knowing what an umlaut signifies and looked it up today only because language is my shtick.
A gimmick.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — (Yiddish) a devious trick
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noun — (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
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noun — (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a
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noun — (Yiddish) a little
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Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Sally Marr: Lenny [Bruce] used to do a shtick between strippers. / The Interviewer: What kind of stick? / Sally Marr: No, it's shtick, darling, shtick.
WiktionaryDag and I are drying glasses, a strangely restful activity, and we're listening to Mr. M. do his Mr. M. shtick. We feed him lines; it's like watching a Bob Hope TV special but with home viewer partici
WiktionaryBut even great shtick can get old real fast: the dreaded Saturday Night Live syndrome.
WiktionaryPretending to be surprised is his shtick.
Tatoeba · #8578930Pretending to be surprised is her shtick.
Tatoeba · #8578931Mixing the profane with the divine was Ginsberg's shtick.
Tatoeba · #8578933