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
Robert Daley
Examples of shtick in a Sentence
That joke is part of his shtick.
Sports are just not my shtick.
Recent Examples on the Web
Winslet's silly fascist shtick is funny for the first few episodes but quickly gets old.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Richard Lewis’ shtick was both morose and personal.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Living in downtown New York has also had its perks, as his frequent, random run-ins with Andy Cohen, John Oliver and David Letterman have almost functioned like test runs for his red carpet shtick.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Still, the authenticity shtick eventually grew tiresome, and then sort of repellent.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Her headline set showcased her whistling as an elegant, virtuosic instrument, punctuated with costume changes and self-aware Catskills shtick.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Their frenemy shtick was on display, for example, when Swisher interviewed Musk for Vox on Halloween in 2018.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2024
Much of the show’s sketches took the comedian and podcaster’s white-bro shtick and dialed it back a tad — ultimately finding a sweet spot closer to the line that his routine crosses.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2024
Love, revenge, and vertigo shtick are seemingly on the table in the bad romance charted by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in director Todd Phillips' upcoming DC sequel Joker: Folie á Deux.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Richard Lewis’ shtick was both morose and personal.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Living in downtown New York has also had its perks, as his frequent, random run-ins with Andy Cohen, John Oliver and David Letterman have almost functioned like test runs for his red carpet shtick.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Still, the authenticity shtick eventually grew tiresome, and then sort of repellent.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Her headline set showcased her whistling as an elegant, virtuosic instrument, punctuated with costume changes and self-aware Catskills shtick.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Their frenemy shtick was on display, for example, when Swisher interviewed Musk for Vox on Halloween in 2018.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2024
Much of the show’s sketches took the comedian and podcaster’s white-bro shtick and dialed it back a tad — ultimately finding a sweet spot closer to the line that his routine crosses.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2024
Love, revenge, and vertigo shtick are seemingly on the table in the bad romance charted by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in director Todd Phillips' upcoming DC sequel Joker: Folie á Deux.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shtick. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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