shtik

shtik - noun

(Yiddish) a little; a piece

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

(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

shtik - thesaurus

Scrabble score = 12

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