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