shtick

noun

ˈshtik 

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

shticky

ˈshti-kē 

adjective

Synonyms

• act
• bit
• number
• routine
• turn

Examples of shtick in a Sentence

That joke is part of his shtick.

Sports are just not my shtick.

Recent Examples on the Web

Their tolerance for your shtick — no matter what your shtick is — will have worn thin. —Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024

Surprisingly, her relatives get excited for her high-fashion shtick every time, even though it's expected now. —Michelle Lee, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024

For an artist whose central shtick is a delighted inaccessibility — who closes Y2K! —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024

The new clip — gloriously narrated with cheeky bravado by Alan Cumming — finds Hilton and Richie doing a bit of their old Simple Life shtick, picking up odd jobs like a shift at Sonic or serving as guides on a Hollywood tour bus. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish shtik pranks, literally, piece, from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki; akin to Old English stycce piece, Old High German stoc stick — more at stock entry 1

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1