Dictionary Check: shtick

"shtick" is a valid word!

Scrabble 15 points
Words with Friends 15 points

Definition

noun

(Yiddish) a little; a piece

Example: "give him a shtik cake"
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(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

Example: "play it straight with no shtik"
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(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

Example: "his shtik made us laugh"
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(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

Example: "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
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