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Meaning of stickshift | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈstɪkˌʃɪft/

Definitions

  1. A manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
    US
  2. A motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
    US
  3. Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.
    US, informal, uncountable
  4. A gear lever; especially, one that rises from the floor.
    US

Examples

“In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.”
“My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.”
“Do you know how to drive stickshift? [=drive stick]”
“It is uncomfortable to be a middle passenger in this truck because your legs tend to be in the way of the stickshift.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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