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Definition of Schtik
1. Noun. (Yiddish) a little; a piece. "He played a shtik Beethoven"
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Small Indefinite Amount, Small Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Schtickl, Schtikl, Shtickl, Shtikl
2. Noun. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention. "Play it straight with no shtik"
Generic synonyms: Business, Byplay, Stage Business
Category relationships: Yiddish
3. Noun. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning. "His shtik made us laugh"
Generic synonyms: Buffoonery, Clowning, Frivolity, Harlequinade, Japery, Prank
Category relationships: Yiddish
4. Noun. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating. "How did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
Generic synonyms: Fast One, Trick
Category relationships: Yiddish
Definition of Schtik
1. shtick [n -S] - See also: shtick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schtik
Literary usage of Schtik
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1822)
"... and schtik from the defendants, before the proceedings were suffered to go on
in their absence, and further, at all events, they should have been ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"... Mulder's views underwent further modification (schtik. Onder;. 4, 195 ; J.
pr. Chem. 44, 488 ; Kopp's Jahresber. 1847 and 1848, 834). ..."
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