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shtick
Overview of noun shtick
The noun shtick has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
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?")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shtick
4 senses of shtick
Sense 1
shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
=> business, stage business, byplay
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> performing arts
=> humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
=> discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
=> buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
=> folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
=> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
=> diversion, recreation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
=> trick, fast one
=> device, gimmick, twist
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre
=> move
=> decision, determination, conclusion
=> choice, selection, option, pick
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun shtick
1 of 4 senses of shtick
Sense 1
shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> shtikl, shtickl, schtikl, schtickl
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shtick
4 senses of shtick
Sense 1
shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Sense 2
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
=> business, stage business, byplay
Sense 3
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
=> buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
Sense 4
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
=> trick, fast one
Antonyms of noun shtick
Member Holonyms of noun shtick
Substance Holonyms of noun shtick
Part Holonyms of noun shtick
Member Meronyms of noun shtick
Substance Meronyms of noun shtick
Part Meronyms of noun shtick
Meronyms of noun shtick
Holonyms of noun shtick
Attributes of noun shtick
Derived Forms of noun shtick
Domain of noun shtick
4 senses of shtick
Sense 1
shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
TOPIC>(noun) Yiddish#1
Sense 2
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
TOPIC>(noun) Yiddish#1
Sense 3
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
TOPIC>(noun) Yiddish#1
Sense 4
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
TOPIC>(noun) Yiddish#1
Domain Terms of noun shtick
Familiarity of noun shtick
shtick used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun shtick
4 senses of shtick
Sense 1
shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> helping, portion, serving
=> taste, mouthful
=> crumb
=> dab, splash, splatter
=> spot, bit
=> few
=> hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> modicum
=> scattering, sprinkling
=> shoestring, shoe string
=> spray, spraying
=> nose
=> step, stone's throw
=> little
=> shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> tad, shade
=> minimum, lower limit
=> morsel
=> handful, smattering
=> couple
=> drop, drib, driblet
=> dollop
=> dreg
=> jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
=> nip, shot
=> trace, hint, suggestion
=> shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
=> tot
=> touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Sense 2
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
> business, stage business, byplay
=> shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Sense 3
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
> buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
=> shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Sense 4
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
> trick, fast one
=> shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Meronyms of noun shtick
4 senses of shtick
Holonyms of noun shtick
Grep of noun shtick
shtick
shtickl
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