schtik
/ʃtɪk/
noun
- A particular style, talent, or gimmick that a performer or person is known for.
- She built her whole career on that one schtik.
- The street performer's schtik involves balancing a chair on his chin.
- His schtik is making funny faces while he sings.
- A piece of comic business or routine; a characteristic act or behavior.
- The audience laughed at his usual schtik of pretending to be a robot.
- I'm tired of his schtik — it's the same joke every time.
- The clown's schtik includes squirting water from a fake flower.