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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In a landscape packed to the brim with options in this same vein, is the gritty Pac-Man schtick be enough to carry it for the long haul? Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025 Their journey to the island is formulaic, sticking to the same familiar Housewives travel schticks. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 2 June 2025 The speakers at the event — who delivered comedy schtick — were Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI). Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025 The baby doll voice, the dumb blonde schtick, create a requisite layer of fiction. Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 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 Jul. 2025.

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