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English
Etymology
stick + shift
Noun
stickshift (plural stickshifts)
- (US) A manual transmission, controlled by a gear lever.
- Most cars in Europe have a stickshift.
- (US) A car with a manual transmission.
- My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.
- (US, informal, uncountable) Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.
- Do you know how to drive stickshift?
- (US) A gear lever.
- My stickshift has broken.
Synonyms
- (manual transmission or a vehicle that has one): manual
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