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Definition of Shtik

1. Noun. (Yiddish) a little; a piece. "He played a shtik Beethoven"

2. Noun. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention. "Play it straight with no shtik"

3. Noun. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning. "His shtik made us laugh"

4. Noun. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating. "How did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"

Definition of Shtik

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of schtick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shtik

1. shtick [n -S] - See also: shtick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shtik

shrunk shrunken shtchi shtchis shtetel shtetels shtetl shtetlach shtetls shtick

shtickier shtickiest shtickl shticks shticky shtik (current term) shtikl shtiks shtook shtooks

shtoom shtreimel shtreimels shtuck shtucks shtuka shtukas shtum shtumed shtuming

Literary usage of Shtik

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... on their way to Meshed ; (206) Turbat-i-Sheik Jam ; the gate of the fort; (207) The shrine at Turbat-i-shtik Jam; ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1800)
"... and has very much alarmed the government, because much confidence was placed in the superior abilities of the shtik, and he was fully relied upon to ..."

3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1815)
"After the noon prayer was concluded, we had an audience of the shtik in a miserable smoked chamber; the key of which, after a great search and inquiry, ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... with a portrait oí' Shakepeare after Cornelius Jan- sen, a frontispiece containing portraits of eminent bygone performers of shtik- ..."

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