stickshift

See also: stick shift

English

Etymology

stick +‎ shift

Noun

stickshift (plural stickshifts)

1. (US) A manual transmission, controlled by a gear lever.

   Most cars in Europe have a stickshift.

2. (US) A car with a manual transmission.

   My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.

3. (US, informal, uncountable) Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.

   Do you know how to drive stickshift?

4. (US) A gear lever.

   My stickshift has broken.

Synonyms

• (manual transmission or a vehicle that has one): manual

Coordinate terms

• (manual transmission or a vehicle that has one): automatic, automatic transmission, continuously variable transmission, semi-automatic transmission

Related terms

• shifter
• shift gears

Further reading

• “stick shift”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “stickshift”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “stick shift”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.