variants
also schtick
or shtik
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Recent Examples of shtick
The Depardieu shtick — his public persona as a crude, working-class thug — was on full display.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
The Heart Eyes Killer’s shtick isn’t always clear, but the inventiveness of its slaughter streak is.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
That movie has a similar shtick in that [Logan Marshall-Green’s character’s] face is disconnected from what his body is doing.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
The Heart Eyes Killer’s shtick isn’t always clear, but the inventiveness of its slaughter streak is.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
That movie has a similar shtick in that [Logan Marshall-Green’s character’s] face is disconnected from what his body is doing.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shtick
act
Noun
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When the Parks and Recreation alum was shot and killed at just 59 years old during a dispute with his neighbor on Sunday, June 1, his husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, claimed the act of violence was a hate crime.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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The act of finding and identifying the missing was thus seen as essential for rebuilding a nation, whose identity is shaped by those who disappeared.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shtick. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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