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shtik

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As a noun, shtik means (Yiddish) a little.

Meanings of shtik

4 meanings

noun

  1. (Yiddish) a little; a piece

    “give him a shtik cake”

    “he's a shtik crazy”

    “he played a shtik Beethoven”

    Similar: shtick, schtik, schtick
  2. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

    “play it straight with no shtik”

    Similar: schtik, shtick, schtick
  3. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

    “his shtik made us laugh”

    Similar: schtik, shtick, schtick
  4. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

    “how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?”

    Similar: schtik, shtick, schtick

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: (Yiddish) a little; a piece
noun: (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that…
noun: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
noun: (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

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