schtick

noun

less common spelling of shtick

1
: a usually comic or repetitious performance or routine : bit
2
: one's special trait, interest, or activity : bag
he's alive and well and now doing his shtick out in HollywoodRobert Daley

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But even Trump seemed to recognize that his usual schtick was not what Kirk might have wanted in the moment. David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025 The Miami Dolphins seem to have grown tired of McDaniel’s schtick. Mike Straw, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 There is an artfulness to piano tuning that Woodall explains poetically to music student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), which kicks off a courtship between the two, hampered initially by Ruthie’s own stubbornness and rightful suspicion of Niki’s aloof schtick. Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025 Amusingly, the two found time for a little backstage schtick on Instagram regarding mismatched autograph requests. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schtick

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“Schtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schtick. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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