stickshift/ˈstɪkˌʃɪft/EtymologyFrom stick + shift.nounA manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.“In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.”A motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.“My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.”Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.“Do you know how to drive stickshift? [=drive stick]”A gear lever; especially, one that rises from the floor.“It is uncomfortable to be a middle passenger in this truck because your legs tend to be in the way of the stickshift.”