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(noun) (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; “how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?”
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(noun) (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; “his shtik made us laugh”
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(noun) (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; “play it straight with no shtik”
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(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shtick (plural shticks)
a generally humorous routine
A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves.
A gimmick.
• kitsch, schtik, skitch, thicks
Source: Wiktionary
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
