Simple Definition of shtick

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shtick

noun

variants also schtick
plural shticks also schticks
US, informal
1
: a usual way of performing, behaving, speaking, etc.
That joke is part of his shtick.
2
: something that a person likes to do or does well
Sports are just not my shtick.

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