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stick shift

NOUN
manual transmission
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Katie: My favorite thing I have done with this car is teach our 14-year-old son to drive stick shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Toyota has put a fake stick shift in an electric car.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2023

Bassett’s character gives him historical context and teaches him skills, like how to drive a stick shift.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Michael added, “We make fun of him because we can all drive stick shift, we can change oil, but he never really got into it.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

She’d put me on her lap and let me steer and work the indicators while she worked the pedals and the stick shift.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah