shtik

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A form of shtick — A generally humorous routine.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounshtik (plural shtiks)

plural shtiks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of shtick.

    There’s a deep phoniness at the center of his [Bill O'Reilly's] shtik.

    2023 March 9, Arwa Mahdawi, quoting Tucker Carlson, “So Tucker Carlson secretly hates Donald Trump … is anybody surprised?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    Yes, I’ve heard the shtik from every muscle-car manufacturer: We only make a handful of these; most owners use them as weekend toys; boomers are willing to pay the price for nostalgic fun.

    2008 June 15, Lawrence Ulrich, “An Attention-Getter, Like That or Not”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(Yiddish) a little; a piece

Broader
small indefinite quantitysmall indefinite amount

noun(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

noun(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

noun(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shtik,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtik.

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