noun
Meaning 1
Alternative spelling of shtick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
schtick
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noun
Meaning 2
The stick used to play schlockey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shtik, schtik, shtick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trick, fast one
noun
Meaning 4
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his shtik made us laugh
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shtik, schtik, shtick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
noun
Meaning 5
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- play it straight with no shtik
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shtik, schtik, shtick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: business, stage business, byplay
noun
Meaning 6
(Yiddish) a little; a piece
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- give him a shtik cake
- he's a shtik crazy
- he played a shtik Beethoven
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shtik, shtick, schtik
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Narrower terms: shtikl, shtickl, schtikl, schtickl
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שטיק (shtik, “shtick, act, piece”).
A blend of schlockey + stick.