shtik

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  • n.滑稽场面;噱头
Noun:
  1. (Yiddish) a little; a piece;

    "give him a shtik cake"
    "he's a shtik crazy"
    "he played a shtik Beethoven"

  2. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention;

    "play it straight with no shtik"

  3. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning;

    "his shtik made us laugh"

  4. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating;

    "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"