schtick

noun

less common spelling of shtick

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 HollywoodRobert Daley

Examples of schtick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
But one of the bigger challenges is when the president is there, the entertainer has traditionally followed his schtick. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025 And while that brooding, dangerous-but-squishy-on-the-inside schtick made women swoon and cleared the way for the emergence of rock & roll teen idols like Elvis Presley, Dean, according to age-old Hollywood lore, was secretly gay. Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025 As the campaign evolves, each streamer’s specific schtick provides a different lens into the guild’s daily happenings. Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025 Every line was the same; also many of the schticks. Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for schtick 

Dictionary Entries Near schtick

Cite this Entry

“Schtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schtick. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!