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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Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez did their usual Only Murders In The Building schtick. Peter White, Deadline, 13 May 2025 If nothing else, the edgy schtick makes for quite the coincidence now that the Padres have won all 10 of their home games to start the season. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 There were no train wrecks, although Bill Murray’s seemingly improvised schtick and a messy Post Malone/Nirvana crossover episode fell short of expectations. Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025 In a landscape packed to the brim with options in this same vein, is the gritty Pac-Man schtick be enough to carry it for the long haul? Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 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 20 Jul. 2025.

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