shtick

variants also schtick or shtik
as in act
a performance regularly presented by an individual or group his shtick as a falling-down drunk isn't funny to people battling alcoholism

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Recent Examples of shtick By that point, Hogan’s shtick of taking on absurdly large men and prevailing against the odds had run cold and the audience reception to him is muted. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for shtick
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act
Noun
  • Grace reminds us that spaceflight is not just a feat of engineering, but an act of goodwill to the benefit of every human everywhere.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
  • The group relocated briefly to San Francisco in 1966, playing gigs and honing their live act.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 27 June 2025

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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shtick. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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