variants
also schtick
or shtik
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The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Originally intended as a biopic about Jessica Savitch, the TV news anchor killed in a car accident at 36 in 1983, the movie seems to be going for a female-empowerment story—definitely not Didion and Dunne’s beat—by way of screwball-comedy shtick.
—Nell Beram, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
The costumes by Colleen Atwood are predictably terrific, but this Alice is otherwise an eyesore, the apotheosis of Burton’s whimsical/magical shtick.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
The shtick was that the powers that be had changed their minds after seeing a recut version.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Originally intended as a biopic about Jessica Savitch, the TV news anchor killed in a car accident at 36 in 1983, the movie seems to be going for a female-empowerment story—definitely not Didion and Dunne’s beat—by way of screwball-comedy shtick.
—Nell Beram, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
The costumes by Colleen Atwood are predictably terrific, but this Alice is otherwise an eyesore, the apotheosis of Burton’s whimsical/magical shtick.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
The shtick was that the powers that be had changed their minds after seeing a recut version.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shtick
act
Noun
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In this eerie tale about fear, lust, and female empowerment, the real question becomes whether this is an act of witchcraft—or a witch hunt.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
22 May 2025
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The first act unrolls the settings and characters that dominate Mahnaz’s life and work.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shtick. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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