Definition of schtick Schtick

/ʃtɪˈk/ - [shtik] -

We found 5 definitions of schtick from 2 different sources.

What does schtick mean?

Noun
schtick - (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven"
		shtik, shtick, schtik
		small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
		yiddish a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
schtick - (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
		shtik, schtik, shtick
		fast one, trick a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
schtick - (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh"
		shtik, schtik, shtick
		buffoonery, harlequinade, japery, clowning, prank, frivolity acting like a clown or buffoon
schtick - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik"
		shtik, schtik, shtick
		byplay, stage business, business incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"