English Explanatory Dictionary

gear shift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
  2. The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
  3. a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)

Word forms

gear shift gear shifts

Synonyms

shift lever stick shift gear lever gear stick
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