schtick

noun

less common spelling of shtick

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 HollywoodRobert Daley

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His frequent criticism of San Francisco is at least partially a schtick. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025 In theory, senators should be equipped to push back on his schtick. Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025 Buck and Aikman did an amusing job of invoking the old Al Michaels there-is-no-gambling-in-Casablanca schtick during the last 15 seconds of the Chiefs-Texans game. Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025 And Tobias’ wounded male ego schtick is amusing but hardly original. Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schtick

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“Schtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schtick. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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