"shtik" in the noun sense
1. shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
Yiddish) a little a piece
"give him a shtik cake"
"he's a shtik crazy"
"he played a shtik Beethoven"
2. shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
"play it straight with no shtik"
3. shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
"his shtik made us laugh"
4. shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Yiddish) a devious trick a bit of cheating
"how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
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