shtick
shtick definition
☆ shtick (s̸htik)
noun
- a comic scene or piece of business, as in a vaudeville act
- an attention-getting device
- a special trait, talent, etc.
Etymology: < E Yiddish shtik, pl., pranks, interpreted as sing. < shtik, lit., piece < MHG stücke
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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