stickshift

See also: stick shift

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

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

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.

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