Shtick
noun
A routine or act that a person is known for.
The comedian's shtick was making fun of politics.
Often appears as...
- stand-up shtick
- comedian's shtick
noun
Something that a person constantly repeats.
His shtick about being the best poker player is getting old.
Often appears as...
- tired shtick
- old shtick
noun
A unique trait or characteristic.
Wearing mismatched shoes is his shtick.
Often appears as...
- fashion shtick
- celebrity's shtick
noun
A routine or act that a person is known for.
The comedian's shtick was making fun of politics.
Often appears as...
- stand-up shtick
- comedian's shtick
noun
Something that a person constantly repeats.
His shtick about being the best poker player is getting old.
Often appears as...
- tired shtick
- old shtick
noun
A unique trait or characteristic.
Wearing mismatched shoes is his shtick.
Often appears as...
- fashion shtick
- celebrity's shtick
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Comedic Origin
Shtick often describes a comedian's habitual style or recurring joke in performances.
His shtick of spilling drinks in every show always gets the audience laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Professionally Casual
Shtick is informal and typically used in casual or humorous contexts, not formal settings.
At family gatherings, Uncle Joe's magic tricks are his shtick.
Pro Tip 3/3Recognizable Acts
A shtick can be a person's signature act that they're widely recognized for.
The singer's shtick of wearing glittering masks made them unforgettable.
Pro Tip 1/3Comedic Origin
Shtick often describes a comedian's habitual style or recurring joke in performances.
His shtick of spilling drinks in every show always gets the audience laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Professionally Casual
Shtick is informal and typically used in casual or humorous contexts, not formal settings.
At family gatherings, Uncle Joe's magic tricks are his shtick.
Pro Tip 3/3Recognizable Acts
A shtick can be a person's signature act that they're widely recognized for.
The singer's shtick of wearing glittering masks made them unforgettable.
Pro Tip 1/3Comedic Origin
Shtick often describes a comedian's habitual style or recurring joke in performances.
His shtick of spilling drinks in every show always gets the audience laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Professionally Casual
Shtick is informal and typically used in casual or humorous contexts, not formal settings.
At family gatherings, Uncle Joe's magic tricks are his shtick.
Pro Tip 3/3Recognizable Acts
A shtick can be a person's signature act that they're widely recognized for.
The singer's shtick of wearing glittering masks made them unforgettable.
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The Community of Food PIPE...
fit in with your whole shtick, but I am sorry. I had to do what I had to do. - It takes all kinds. - Five minutes in and we are already off the rails. That really proved something to me and my cooks at work, the people that really hung in there with me. It was, you know, I slept there that night and I opened up the next. All three nights,
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"To This Day" ... for...
stole my entire shtick. I was crushed, as if by a trash compactor. I thought to myself, "What now? Where do I turn?"
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The Community of Food PIPE...
fit in with your whole shtick, but I am sorry. I had to do what I had to do. - It takes all kinds. - Five minutes in and we are already off the rails. That really proved something to me and my cooks at work, the people that really hung in there with me. It was, you know, I slept there that night and I opened up the next. All three nights,
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"To This Day" ... for...
stole my entire shtick. I was crushed, as if by a trash compactor. I thought to myself, "What now? Where do I turn?"
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Quote examples
Beth Grant
American Actress
Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director - if they shtick it up or something. With 'Little Miss Sunshine,' I was so concerned they weren't going to play the pageant official realistically because you don't have to wink to play those kinds of characters.
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Jim Harrison
American Writer
I'm outdoors a lot, so I get dark. Guess who gets stopped? I've been pulled over, and they ask, 'Where are you from?' I say, 'Montana.' They say, 'Are you sure? And I say, 'I'm reasonably sure I'm from Montana, but you know, this is a dream life.' You start on this shtick with them and it's fun.
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Hannah Bronfman
American Businessman
My whole shtick is that I want to contribute to New York's culture via restaurants, nightlife, whatever... but to be more conscious, more aware, more sustainable. It's more than just 'being responsible as a culture.' It's having an ethical chain of production.
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Joan Rivers
American Comedian
I've never thought of it consciously... I say exactly what I think, and very often it's totally politically incorrect. I get, always, chastised for it. So it's not shtick. But I think I'm the one who says, 'The emperor has no clothes.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
What a contrast, Trump is feisty but flexible. Obama, cool but rigid. But he had no reason to bend. The media already bought into his shtick. His giddy fan base ate up every white-coated lie.
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Alec Baldwin
American Actor
My brothers were funny, and there was a lot of shtick and comedy and nastiness and violence and fighting and sports.
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Scott Adsit
American Actor
I might've been witty, but I didn't have a shtick. So, I never considered myself a comedian.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
I don't read 'Vanity Fair,' whose millionaire-fashionista-liberal shtick I find repellent.
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Joanna Coles
American Editor
Obsessing about my image - that's not my shtick.
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Alexis Stewart
American Entertainer
Hugging is not my shtick.
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Beth Grant
American Actress
Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director - if they shtick it up or something. With 'Little Miss Sunshine,' I was so concerned they weren't going to play the pageant official realistically because you don't have to wink to play those kinds of characters.
Quote examples
Jim Harrison
American Writer
I'm outdoors a lot, so I get dark. Guess who gets stopped? I've been pulled over, and they ask, 'Where are you from?' I say, 'Montana.' They say, 'Are you sure? And I say, 'I'm reasonably sure I'm from Montana, but you know, this is a dream life.' You start on this shtick with them and it's fun.
Quote examples
Hannah Bronfman
American Businessman
My whole shtick is that I want to contribute to New York's culture via restaurants, nightlife, whatever... but to be more conscious, more aware, more sustainable. It's more than just 'being responsible as a culture.' It's having an ethical chain of production.
Quote examples
Joan Rivers
American Comedian
I've never thought of it consciously... I say exactly what I think, and very often it's totally politically incorrect. I get, always, chastised for it. So it's not shtick. But I think I'm the one who says, 'The emperor has no clothes.
Quote examples
Greg Gutfeld
American Author
What a contrast, Trump is feisty but flexible. Obama, cool but rigid. But he had no reason to bend. The media already bought into his shtick. His giddy fan base ate up every white-coated lie.
Quote examples
Alec Baldwin
American Actor
My brothers were funny, and there was a lot of shtick and comedy and nastiness and violence and fighting and sports.
Quote examples
Scott Adsit
American Actor
I might've been witty, but I didn't have a shtick. So, I never considered myself a comedian.
Quote examples
Bret Stephens
American Journalist
I don't read 'Vanity Fair,' whose millionaire-fashionista-liberal shtick I find repellent.
Quote examples
Joanna Coles
American Editor
Obsessing about my image - that's not my shtick.
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Alexis Stewart
American Entertainer
Hugging is not my shtick.
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