n.
Variant: also schtick or shtik
Pronunciation: ' shtik
Function: noun
Etymology: Yiddish shtik pranks, literally, piece, from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki; akin to Old English stycce piece, Old High German stoc stick ― more at STOCK
Date: 1959
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>
– shticky \ ' shti-k ē \ adjective