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English noun: shtik | |||
| 1. | shtik (quantity) (Yiddish) a little; a piece | ||
| Samples | Give him a shtik cake. He's a shtik crazy. He played a shtik Beethoven. | ||
| Synonyms | schtick, schtik, shtick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | schtickl, schtikl, shtickl, shtikl | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
| 2. | shtik (act) (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention | ||
| Samples | Play it straight with no shtik. | ||
| Synonyms | schtick, schtik, shtick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | business, byplay, stage business | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
| 3. | shtik (act) (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning | ||
| Samples | His shtik made us laugh. | ||
| Synonyms | schtick, schtik, shtick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
| 4. | shtik (act) (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating | ||
| Samples | How did you ever fall for a shtik like that?. | ||
| Synonyms | schtick, schtik, shtick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fast one, trick | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
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