stickshift

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.”

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