Stick or stick means a long and slender piece of wood, or a small tree branch--
Does everyone have a stick for marshmallow roasting?
Don't lift your hockey stick above your elbow.
Stick may also mean to puncture with something pointed, as a pin--
Stick a toothpick in each cupcake before wrapping them.
Stick the pins in the pincushion; that's what it's for.
Stick may also mean to adhere or cling, literally or figuratively--
This tape won't stick; the window must be a bit wet.
Stick to the point!
Schtick or schtick ( aslo spelled shtick ) means a show-busines routine, a bit rehearsed or repeated--
When pressured she does a schtick in which she is the damsel in distress, like something out of vaudeville.
He became famous for his absent-minded schtick.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"In this schtick he picks up a stick and tries to lean on it, but falls."
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