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
Robert DaleyExamples of shtick in a Sentence
That joke is part of his shtick.
Sports are just not my shtick.
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That's been his shtick for over a decade now.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Liljenquist’s social-media shtick largely consists of helping homeless people and recording the activity for YouTube.
—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Its pat, readymade quality threatens to destabilize Godd’s shtick, which, while still nascent, doesn’t offer quite as much juice as Blanton tries to squeeze from it.
—Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
Why do these shticks elicit such delight?
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Liljenquist’s social-media shtick largely consists of helping homeless people and recording the activity for YouTube.
—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Its pat, readymade quality threatens to destabilize Godd’s shtick, which, while still nascent, doesn’t offer quite as much juice as Blanton tries to squeeze from it.
—Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
Why do these shticks elicit such delight?
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for shtick
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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shtick. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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