stickshift

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This pickup truck is a stickshift (sense 2); its stickshift (sense 4) is the long stick in the center.
This sports car is a stickshift (sense 2); its stickshift (sense 4) is the short stick in the center.
This large truck is a stickshift (sense 2); its stickshift (sense 4) is the long stick in the center, and the other (smaller) stick is the hand brake lever.

Etymology

From stick +‎ shift.

Pronunciation

Noun

stickshift (plural stickshifts)

  2. (US) A manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
    Synonym: manual (ellipsis)
    Hyponym: four-on-the-floor
    In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.
  4. (US) A motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
    Synonym: manual (ellipsis)
    Hyponym: four-on-the-floor
    My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.
  6. (US, informal, uncountable) Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.
    Do you know how to drive stickshift?
  8. (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.

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