"schtick" meaning in English

See schtick in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-schtick.wav Forms: schticks [plural]
Etymology: From Yiddish שטיק (shtik, “shtick, act, piece”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|שטיק||shtick, act, piece}} Yiddish שטיק (shtik, “shtick, act, piece”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} schtick (plural schticks)
  1. Alternative spelling of shtick. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: shtick
    Sense id: en-schtick-en-noun-uerAfMp6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-schtick.wav Forms: schticks [plural]
Etymology: A blend of schlockey + stick. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|schlockey|stick|nocap=1}} blend of schlockey + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} schtick (plural schticks)
  1. (sports, games) The stick used to play schlockey.
    Sense id: en-schtick-en-noun-ykHr~CDc Categories (other): Games, Sports, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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