Meanings
noungear shift (plural gear shifts)
plural gear shifts
- CanadaUSautomotiveThe lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
Synonyms: shift lever, stick shift, gear lever, gear stick
- figurativelya stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
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Translations
Bulgarian скоростен лост
- скоростен лостpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Chinese Cantonese 波棍
- 波棍 (bo¹ gwan³)part of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Chinese Mandarin 調擋 /调挡
- 調擋 /调挡 (tiáodǎng)part of a gearbox involved in changing gear
French levier de vitesse
- levier de vitessepart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
German Gangschaltung
- Gangschaltungpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Norwegian Bokmål girskift, girskifte
- girskiftpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
- girskiftepart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Polish dźwignia zmiany biegów
- dźwignia zmiany biegówpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Romanian schimbător de viteză
- schimbător de vitezăpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Swedish växel
- växelpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Vietnamese cần số
- cần sốpart of a gearbox involved in changing gear
Cite this entry
APA
gear shift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20shift
MLA
“gear shift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20shift. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gear shift,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20shift.
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