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SCHTIK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
Example:
how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?
Synonyms:
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("schtik" is a kind of...):
fast one; trick (a cunning or deceitful action or device)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
Example:
his shtik made us laugh
Synonyms:
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("schtik" is a kind of...):
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
Example:
play it straight with no shtik
Synonyms:
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("schtik" is a kind of...):
business; byplay; stage business (incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a little; a piece
Example:
he played a shtik Beethoven
Synonyms:
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("schtik" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schtik"):
