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shticky

shticky adjective: having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky.

Adjective

shticky (comparative shtickier, superlative shtickiest)

  1. Having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky.
    • So I handed out lyrics by Allan Sherman, the shticky 1960s parody writer who my father revered and channeled to the end.2007 June 17, Bob Morris, “Mirth, in Honor of Dad”, in New York Times

Forms of shticky

comparativeshtickier
superlativeshtickiest
alternative formschticky

Origin of shticky

From shtick + -y.

Questions about shticky

What does shticky mean?
Shticky means having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky.
What part of speech is shticky?
Shticky is an adjective.

Words near shticky in the dictionary

  1. shtickier
  2. shtickiest
  3. shtickle
  4. shtickles
  5. shticks
  6. shticky
  7. shtiebel
  8. shtieblach
  9. shtik
  10. shtikel
  11. shtikels

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