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schtick

schtick is the alternative spelling of shtick.

Meaning of shtick

Noun

shtick (plural shticks)

  1. 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.1974, Julian Barry, Lenny
  2. 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 shtick1973, Barry White, “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up”
  3. A gimmick.

Noun

schtick (plural schticks)

  1. The stick used to play schlockey.

Forms of schtick

pluralschticks

Origin of schtick

Borrowed from Yiddish שטיק (shtik, “shtick, act, piece”).

A blend of schlockey + stick.

Questions about schtick

What does schtick mean?
Schtick means the stick used to play schlockey.
What is schtick the alternative spelling of?
Schtick is the alternative spelling of shtick.
What part of speech is schtick?
Schtick is a noun.
What is the plural of schtick?
The plural of schtick is schticks.

Words near schtick in the dictionary

  1. Schrödingers
  2. schtetl
  3. schtetlach
  4. schtetlech
  5. schtetls
  6. schtick
  7. schtickle
  8. schtickles
  9. schticks
  10. schticky
  11. schtik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schtick (page history and authors); shtick (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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