gearshift
noun
gear·shift ˈgir-ˌshift 
variants or gear shift
plural gearshifts or gear shifts
1
: a mechanism by which the transmission gears in a power-transmission system are engaged and disengaged
also : a lever for controlling such a mechanism
2
: the functioning of a gearshift mechanism : the act or an instance of shifting gears
A new, eight-speed automatic transmission makes gear shifts based in part on g-forces that the car encounters during spirited driving.
Ann M. Job
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web That didn’t prevent her from joining the French Ambulance Corps and driving a manual-gearshift ambulance right up to the front lines. Catherine Musemeche, WSJ, 22 July 2022 Be careful when cleaning areas like your gearshift, infotainment panel, and console controls. Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver, 24 June 2022 So there's a big tonal gearshift between some of the darker scenes in the show and then scenes like when the Deep's trying to save a dolphin from Oceanland and accidentally ejects it through the windshield of his car. Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 24 June 2022 The Hyundai also retains the skeuomorphism of a Start button and physical gearshift stalk to the right of the steering wheel. Dan Neil, WSJ, 5 May 2022 Use of the feature is selected by double-clicking the gearshift into Drive after selecting the Pure driving mode on the central screen. Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2022 The burden of those unmet expectations combined with injuries that have required them to maintain hope have basically left this team spinning its wheels with the gearshift in neutral. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 The Emira's gearshift had a better weight and feel than the loose shifter of the Evora, but the linkage often seemed to snag on changes across the planes of the box, especially the shift from second to third. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2022 Andrei handed me the controls and dove into the driver’s seat, jamming the key in the ignition and raking the gearshift into drive. Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2022 See More
Catherine Musemeche, WSJ, 22 July 2022 Be careful when cleaning areas like your gearshift, infotainment panel, and console controls. Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver, 24 June 2022 So there's a big tonal gearshift between some of the darker scenes in the show and then scenes like when the Deep's trying to save a dolphin from Oceanland and accidentally ejects it through the windshield of his car. Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 24 June 2022 The Hyundai also retains the skeuomorphism of a Start button and physical gearshift stalk to the right of the steering wheel. Dan Neil, WSJ, 5 May 2022 Use of the feature is selected by double-clicking the gearshift into Drive after selecting the Pure driving mode on the central screen. Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2022 The burden of those unmet expectations combined with injuries that have required them to maintain hope have basically left this team spinning its wheels with the gearshift in neutral. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 The Emira's gearshift had a better weight and feel than the loose shifter of the Evora, but the linkage often seemed to snag on changes across the planes of the box, especially the shift from second to third. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2022 Andrei handed me the controls and dove into the driver’s seat, jamming the key in the ignition and raking the gearshift into drive. Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
gearshift
noun
gear·shift ˈgir-ˌshift
: a mechanism by which gears are connected and disconnected