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paddle shifter

paddle shifter noun: either of a pair of paddles, fitted to the steering wheel of a high-performance motor car, allowing the gears to be changed up or down in a single movement, and without using the clutch. It is a form of sequential shifter.

Noun

paddle shifter (plural paddle shifters)

  1. Either of a pair of paddles, fitted to the steering wheel of a high-performance motor car, allowing the gears to be changed up or down in a single movement, and without using the clutch. It is a form of sequential shifter.

Forms of paddle shifter

pluralpaddle shifters

Questions about paddle shifter

What does paddle shifter mean?
Paddle shifter means either of a pair of paddles, fitted to the steering wheel of a high-performance motor car, allowing the gears to be changed up or down in a single movement, and without using the clutch. It is a form of sequential shifter.
What part of speech is paddle shifter?
Paddle shifter is a noun.
What is the plural of paddle shifter?
The plural of paddle shifter is paddle shifters.

Words near paddle shifter in the dictionary

  1. paddle grass
  2. paddle one's own canoe
  3. paddle pop
  4. paddle scoop
  5. paddle scoops
  6. paddle shifter
  7. paddle shifters
  8. paddle steamer
  9. paddle steamers
  10. paddle tennis
  11. paddle wheel

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