stick shift

noun

: a manually operated gearshift for a motor vehicle usually mounted on the floor

Examples of stick shift in a Sentence

Do you know how to drive a stick shift?

Recent Examples on the Web

Thank the thousands of 911 buyers on this continent who specced their cars with stick shifts at rates far higher than Europe this decade. — Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026

Despite her reluctance, Ava decides to show up for her best friend, and the two embark on an extravagant European trip that involves driving stick shift in the streets of Paris, high-end dining, shopping and clubbing until dawn. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 29 May 2026

In the middle sits something such as learning to drive a stick shift after years of driving an automatic. — Rajiv Gupta, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026

In the American market, the list of automakers that have abandoned stick shift for good is a lot longer than those that haven’t and includes Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lexus, Jaguar, Maserati, and Aston Martin, to name several. — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stick shift

• adrift
• airlift
• facelift
• festschrift
• forklift
• gearshift
• makeshift
• redshift
• sealift
• snowdrift
• spendthrift
• clift