1. (

• shtik ,
• shtick ,
• schtik ,
• schtick

) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" ;

2. (

• shtik ,
• schtik ,
• shtick ,
• schtick

) (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik" ;

3. (

• shtik ,
• schtik ,
• shtick ,
• schtick ,

) (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh" ;

4. (

• shtik ,
• schtik ,
• shtick ,
• schtick ,

) (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?" ;