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Definition stick shift in American English

stick shift noun

[countable] noun
1

the short metal lever in a car that the driver uses to change the gears (=the machinery that changes power into movement). The British word is gear stick.

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1.1

a car that uses a stick shift system. A car that does not use this system is called an automatic.

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Definition stick shift in American English