variants or less commonly schtick or shtik
1
: a usually comic or repetitious performance or routine : bit
2
: one's special trait, interest, or activity : bag
he's alive and well and now doing his shtick out in Hollywood Robert Daley

Examples of shtick in a Sentence

That joke is part of his shtick. Sports are just not my shtick.
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Their tolerance for your shtick — no matter what your shtick is — will have worn thin. Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024 Surprisingly, her relatives get excited for her high-fashion shtick every time, even though it's expected now. Michelle Lee, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 For an artist whose central shtick is a delighted inaccessibility — who closes Y2K! Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024 The new clip — gloriously narrated with cheeky bravado by Alan Cumming — finds Hilton and Richie doing a bit of their old Simple Life shtick, picking up odd jobs like a shift at Sonic or serving as guides on a Hollywood tour bus. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shtick 

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish shtik pranks, literally, piece, from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki; akin to Old English stycce piece, Old High German stoc stick — more at stock entry 1

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shtick was in 1959

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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shtick. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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