"stickshift" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-stickshift.wav Forms: stickshifts [plural]
Etymology: From stick + shift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stick|shift}} stick + shift Head templates: {{en-noun}} stickshift (plural stickshifts)
  1. (US) A manual transmission, controlled by a gear lever. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-stickshift-en-noun-tDLwQxVf Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 38 15 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 33 27 3
  2. (US) A car with a manual transmission. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-stickshift-en-noun-4M5LnDxP Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 38 15 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 33 27 3
  3. (US, informal, uncountable) Cars, collectively, with such a transmission. Tags: US, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stickshift-en-noun-WN8thE2q Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 38 15 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 33 27 3
  4. (US) A gear lever. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-stickshift-en-noun-lSpsvY9p Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (manual transmission or a vehicle that has one): manual Related terms: drive stick, shifter, shift gears Coordinate_terms (manual transmission or a vehicle that has one): automatic, automatic transmission, continuously variable transmission, semi-automatic transmission
Disambiguation of 'manual transmission or a vehicle that has one': 45 39 8 8 Disambiguation of 'manual transmission or a vehicle that has one': 45 39 8 8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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