Meanings
plural stickshifts
- USA manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.
Synonyms: manual
- USA motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.
Synonyms: manual
- USinformaluncountableCars, collectively, with such a transmission.
Do you know how to drive stickshift? [=drive stick]
- USA gear lever; especially, one that rises from the floor.
It is uncomfortable to be a middle passenger in this truck because your legs tend to be in the way of the stickshift.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
nounA motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
Origin
Cite this entry
stickshift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickshift
“stickshift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickshift. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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