A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs.

(Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven"

(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik"

A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity.