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
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Examples of shtick in a Sentence
That joke is part of his shtick.
Sports are just not my shtick.
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After this, the responsibilities of playing Bush fell to Hammond and later Will Forte, who fit the character more into his own image of a silly little boy in a man’s body rather than re-enact Ferrell’s dazed and confused moron shtick.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
Remember how, in that SNL book, Ferrell represented the hip future of comedy, mocking the smug boomer shtick of a Chevy Chase?
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The issue for me is whether these prompt executive orders were examples of governance or shtick.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
When 143 drops the wellness-guru shtick and speaks to real stakes — such as outlining the journey from adrift to finding fulfillment in motherhood — the nondescript gloss starts to feel intentional.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
Remember how, in that SNL book, Ferrell represented the hip future of comedy, mocking the smug boomer shtick of a Chevy Chase?
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The issue for me is whether these prompt executive orders were examples of governance or shtick.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
When 143 drops the wellness-guru shtick and speaks to real stakes — such as outlining the journey from adrift to finding fulfillment in motherhood — the nondescript gloss starts to feel intentional.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shtick. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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