shtick

noun

ˈshtik 

variants or less commonly schtick or shtik

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

Synonyms

• act
• bit
• number
• routine
• turn

Examples of shtick in a Sentence

That joke is part of his shtick.

Sports are just not my shtick.

Recent Examples on the Web

Sadly, Linda Lavin, who stood out with her elderly Jewish shtick, passed away suddenly after filming just eight episodes of Mid-Century Modern, so the quartet is now reduced to three. —Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

The Depardieu shtick — his public persona as a crude, working-class thug — was on full display. —Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025

The Heart Eyes Killer’s shtick isn’t always clear, but the inventiveness of its slaughter streak is. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025

That movie has a similar shtick in that [Logan Marshall-Green’s character’s] face is disconnected from what his body is doing. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025

Word History

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 entry 1

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for shtick

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