Main Entry:

shtick

Variant(s):

also schtick or shtik \ˈshtik\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Yiddish shtik pranks, literally, piece, from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki; akin to Old English stycce piece, Old High German stoc stick — more at stock

Date:

1959

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 Hollywood — Robert Daley>

— shticky \ˈshti-kē\ adjective