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shtik
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shtik
(gcide) | shtick \shtick\, shtik \shtik\(sht[i^]k), n. [Yiddish, pranks;
fr. MHG st["u]cke, pieces.]
1. A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual
activity.
[PJC]
2. (Show business) A comic routine or a specific gag inserted
in a show for laughs.
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shtik
(wn) | shtik
n 1: (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's
a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" [syn:
shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick]
2: (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a
performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no
shtik" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick]
3: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us
laugh" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick]
4: (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you
ever fall for a shtik like that?" [syn: shtik, schtik,
shtick, schtick] |
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