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stick shift

stick shift is the alternative spelling of stickshift.

Meaning of stickshift

Noun

stickshift (plural stickshifts)

  1. (US) A manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
    • In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.
    Synonyms:
    manual
  2. (US) A motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
    • My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.
    Synonyms:
    manual
  3. (US, informal, uncountable) Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.
    • Do you know how to drive stickshift? [=drive stick]
  4. (US) A gear lever; especially, one that rises from the floor.
    • It is uncomfortable to be a middle passenger in this truck because your legs tend to be in the way of the stickshift.

Forms of stick shift

pluralstick shifts

Questions about stick shift

What is stick shift the alternative spelling of?
Stick shift is the alternative spelling of stickshift.

Words near stick shift in the dictionary

  1. stick pusher
  2. stick pushers
  3. stick season
  4. stick shaker
  5. stick shakers
  6. stick shift
  7. stick shifts
  8. stick that in your pipe and smoke it
  9. stick the knife in
  10. stick the landing
  11. stick time

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