schtick

noun

less common spelling of shtick

: a usually comic or repetitious performance or routine : bit

: 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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Francis’ schtick fits right in, with the bassist taking to the stage in Indiana strapped with a massive, oversized, almost cartoonish - but functioning - 17 string bass. —

Jim Ryan, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 The practice of including recent art in historical exhibitions, an increasingly common art museum schtick, means to make supposedly arcane subjects relevant and timely by suggesting that living artists still engage those themes. —

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 Her Democratic base might have believed reelecting Trump would mean the end of American democracy, but for the rest of the country, that schtick had become pretty tiresome. —

Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024 Leaders like Xi, Putin, Kim, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and even French President Emmanuel Macron have seen Trump’s schtick before. —

Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for schtick