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(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
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(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh"
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(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik"
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(Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven"
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Word of the day
Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.