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gearstick::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gear lever, gearshift, shifter |
| Type of | mechanical device |
Examples of gearstick
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New illuminated gearstick looks like it's been borrowed from a cheap arcade game.
From the smh.com.au
I frequently find a web draped across my gearstick and through the steering wheel.
From the guardian.co.uk
It has bucket seats, a stitched red steering wheel and a stubby matching gearstick.
From the guardian.co.uk
You end up switching the gearstick to manual mode and never touching the big D again.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You pull back on the gearstick to go up a gear and push forward to go down through the gears.
From the themercury.com.au
And it had the gearstick with the flick switch for the ejector seat.
From the latimes.com
Then the gearstick goes pop, and we have just lost fifth gear.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The footwell is amazingly narrow and the fragile gearstick has to be carefully threaded into place.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Anyway, with a 2CV what kind of car thief nowadays could drive a 2CV with that kind of umbrella gearstick?
From the guardian.co.uk
- Gearshift: a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever"
- A gear stick (also known as gearstick, gear lever, selection lever, shift stick and gear shifter) is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission.
- A British term for the stick used by the driver to change gears. Also called a shifter or shift lever.
