: a manually operated gearshift for a motor vehicle usually mounted on the floor
Example Sentences
Do you know how to drive a stick shift?
Recent Examples on the WebIn one episode, the duo get into a car to drive around their old hometown of Little Rock, and Hillary mistakes a microphone for a stick shift. Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022 The stick shift has become a proxy object for that loss. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022 The tiny clown car had been stripped of all interiors, keeping only the necessary stick shift and a backless seat for the driver, who was actually one of the trapeze artists. Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022 But without the extra engagement that the stick shift brings, the Integra's relative lack of refinement becomes more obvious. Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 26 May 2022 And while the automatic transmission was by this point an increasingly popular option on the Z, this car has a five-speed stick shift poking up between the seats. Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2022 Driving for the first time in twenty years—stick shift! Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Consider: Before cars incorporated intelligence, everything was manual and analog—from the stick shift to the cassette player. Ana Pinczuk, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 By contrast, Porsche—for the time being, at least—still offers a stick shift in the Cayman GT4. Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2021 See More