noun
- plural of shtick: entertainment routines, gimmicks, or characteristic behaviors used to attract attention
Usage: informal; from Yiddish
Examples
- The comedian’s shticks included funny voices and physical comedy.
- Each performer had their own shticks to engage the audience.
- His political shticks were getting old and predictable.
- The magician’s shticks involved elaborate props and misdirection.
- She was tired of his attention-seeking shticks at parties.
- The show featured various comedic shticks from different eras.