SCHTICK
Dictionary entry overview: What does schtick mean?
• SCHTICK (noun)
The noun SCHTICK has 4 senses:
1. (Yiddish) a little; a piece
2. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
3. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
4. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
Familiarity information: SCHTICK used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SCHTICK (noun)
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a little; a piece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
Context examples:
give him a shtik cake / he's a shtik crazy / he played a shtik Beethoven
Hypernyms ("schtick" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schtick"):
schtickl; schtikl; shtickl; shtikl (a really little shtik)
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
shtik; shtick; schtik; schtick
Context example:
play it straight with no shtik
Hypernyms ("schtick" is a kind of...):
business; byplay; stage business (incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
shtik; shtick; schtik; schtick
Context example:
his shtik made us laugh
Hypernyms ("schtick" is a kind of...):
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
Context example:
how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?
Hypernyms ("schtick" is a kind of...):
fast one; trick (a cunning or deceitful action or device)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
