stick shift

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noun

a manually operated transmission for an automotive vehicle, with the shift lever set either in the floor or on the steering column.

Origin of stick shift

First recorded in 1955–60

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Contemporary Examples of stick shift

A stick-shift loyalist—even in the dead heat of Washington, D.C., traffic—Wood is a hopeless, car-loving, romantic.
Google, Audi, Toyota, and the Brave New World of Driverless Cars
Abby Haglage
January 16, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for stick shift

stick shift

noun US and Canadian

1. a manually operated transmission system in a motor vehicle
2. a motor vehicle having manual transmission
a gear lever

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