Definition of "shtick" [shtick]

• Slang A characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention: waiters in tropical attire are part of the restaurant's shtick. (noun)
• Slang An entertainment routine or gimmick. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You know your shtick is as stale and inept as Bush when he left office patsy!"
• "I kept getting distracted by how villain Growing Man looked like a Sentinel, although his shtick is the classic “every time you hit him, he gets bigger, so how do you stop him without engaging him directly?”"
• "The whole problem with the RealAmerica shtick is the way they define it, RealAmericans are going to get consistently outvoted."