| n. | 1. | A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity. |
| 2. | (Show business) A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs. |
| Noun | 1. | shtick - (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" |
| 2. | shtick - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik" | |
| 3. | shtick - (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh" | |
| 4. | shtick - (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?" |