|
English to English noun
| 1 |
(Yiddish) a little; a piece |  | Example: give him a shtik cake
he's a shtik crazy
he played a shtik Beethoven
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention | | Example: play it straight with no shtik
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning | | Example: his shtik made us laugh
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating | | Example: how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?
source: wordnet30
|