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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The Miami Dolphins seem to have grown tired of McDaniel’s schtick. Mike Straw, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 There is an artfulness to piano tuning that Woodall explains poetically to music student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), which kicks off a courtship between the two, hampered initially by Ruthie’s own stubbornness and rightful suspicion of Niki’s aloof schtick. Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025 Amusingly, the two found time for a little backstage schtick on Instagram regarding mismatched autograph requests. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025 The big selling point on MGS3’s survival schtick was that everything a person would need to do to outlast the jungle’s hazards needed to be done in-game. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 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 19 Sep. 2025.

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