shtick (Noun) — (Yiddish) a little; a piece. ex. "give him a shtick cake"
shtick (Noun) — (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention.
shtick (Noun) — (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning.
shtick (Noun) — (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating. ex. "how did you ever fall for a shtick like that?"