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 Hollywood.

—Robert Daley

Examples of schtick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Portnoy’s schtick is to rile up opponents, which often includes taunts. — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Basically every college tour on an American campus will include a schtick about how undergraduates can participate in faculty research. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Because, putting aside her Ziggy-cum-Aladdin-Sane-schtick for doomy girls on psych meds, the off-kilterness of Melanie Martinez’ actual music is curiously rewarding. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026

The event was extraordinary not for the obvious schtick of a prince roughing it at a budget pub, but for the fact that William actually finished his pint, surely a first for a royal forced to quaff with the masses. — Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

Rhymes for schtick

• bick
• brick
• chick
• click
• fick
• flick
• hick
• kick
• knick
• lick
• mic
• nick