Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gear shift

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
gear shift
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.

noun

The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)

Usage

Inflected Forms

gear shifts (plural)

Synonyms

shift lever stick shift gear lever gear stick

Questions

What does gear shift mean?
That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.

How to pronounce gear shift

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