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‖ shtik U.S. slang.|ʃtɪk|
Also schtick, schtik, shtick.
[Yiddish, f. G. stück piece, play.]
1. An act or stage routine; a joke, a ‘gag’. Hence transf. (freq. slightly derog.), a patter, a ‘line’; a gimmick or characteristic style. orig. Theatr.
1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business 78 A piece of business; a gag or joke..shtik. 1962‘E. McBain’ Empty Hours 129 The girl didn't say a word. She didn't have to. The effect was almost comic, akin to the cocktail-party scene... The word ‘shtik’ crossed Meyer's mind. 1964S. Bellow Herzog 60 ‘Let's cut out all the shtick,’ said Gersbach. ‘Let's say you're a crumb.’ 1968P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 19. 2 Consistency is not the schtick of protestors. 1973Times 30 July 5/5 Emotionally controlled..and minus the usual Streisand shtick, it [sc. a film] is arguably the best performance of her career. 1974P. Gzowski Bk. about this Country 46/1 People who are professionally funny—guys who do schticks—are less funny than he is. 1977Time 19 Dec. 12/2 The former Prime Minister is not at all apologetic about his Yuletide shtik, pointing out that he has chosen to write books and sell records rather than go the David Frost route.
2. A particular area of activity or interest, a sphere or ‘scene’.
1968Atlantic Monthly Sept. 50/1 My first assignment was to a gentle middle-aged Jewish household, hardly my schtik. 1972New York 1 May 13/2 This unfortunately overlong satire on the sexology schtick of our times. 1976Publishers Weekly 15 Mar. 55/2 A husband trying to puzzle out his woman, women-God-bless-them in general, and the whole female shtick. |