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stickshifts

stickshifts is the plural 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.

Questions about stickshifts

What is stickshifts the plural of?
Stickshifts is the plural of stickshift.

Words near stickshifts in the dictionary

  1. stickshaker
  2. stickshakers
  3. stickshed
  4. sticksheds
  5. stickshift
  6. stickshifts
  7. sticksman
  8. sticksmanship
  9. sticksmen
  10. Sticksville
  11. sticktight

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