"stickshift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stickshifts [plural]
Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 17 32
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 17 32
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 17 32
  4. (US) A gear lever. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-stickshift-en-noun-lSpsvY9p Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 17 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (manual transmission or a vehicle that has one): manual Related terms: 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': 41 35 8 16 Disambiguation of 'manual transmission or a vehicle that has one': 41 35 8 16

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