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Meanings of shifter in English
A wrench with a smooth adjustable jaw to grip different sizes of nuts and bolts.
Catalan
canvi de marxes Spanish
palanca de cambios Synonyms
Examples for "gearshift"
Examples for "gearshift"
1
Before 1975, the gearshift was on the right side. He laughed uncomfortably.
2
The Suzuki's engine is already purring, and its gearshift rests in neutral.
3
He puts on his sunglasses and rests his hand on the gearshift.
4
He drops the Malibu's gearshift into drive and steps on the gas.
5
Stroble pulled down on the gearshift and put the van in drive.
1
This is crazy, he thinks as he forces the stiff gearstick into position.
2
Christine was staring ahead, concentrating on the road, her hand tight on the gearstick.
3
He grinned madly, smashed the gearstick into first and slammed his foot on the gas.
4
Oh, it's well enough to use a gearstick.
5
You get a steering wheel, three pedals, a gearstick and the necessary ingredients for driving nirvana.
1
The handbrake and gear lever, for example, are wrapped in leather.
2
What a nice, simple array of instrumentation and straightforward gear lever.
3
Instead, she slammed the gear lever into Park and turned to face me.
4
Monsieur Lebeau grunted assent, and pulled the gear lever down into the driving position.
5
His fingers dropped down to the gear lever, his foot snuggled against the clutch pedal.
Catalan
tramoista Usage of shifter in English
1
In other cases, the shifter functions more like a video game joystick.
2
There's a shifter called Bettina and a Were called Hondo with him.
3
If she hadn't been a shifter, she wouldn't have heard so much.
4
Jason didn't know it, but she was a shape-shifter of some kind.
5
But Jurt is a shape shifter and minor sorcerer from the Courts.
6
Dukat turned to go, but his thoughts quickly turned to the shape-shifter.
7
Sam isn't the only shape-shifter who's been shot in Bon Temps lately.
8
It smelled of the grasses the shape-shifter wished him to blend into.
9
Because she was a shifter, she'd beat me in a fair fight.
10
Quinn is like a rock star in the shifter world, you know.
11
There had been nothing to connect that death with the shape-shifter killings.
12
We sat staring at the shifter, and she blanched at our silence.
13
She reply, 'As scene-shifter and prompter, M'sieu' Doltaire, you have a gift.
14
Dean hasn't been the same since he saw me kill that shape-shifter.
15
He's also a shape-shifter, so he can change into any animal.
16
The car was under recall for problems with the gear shifter.
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Translations for shifter
Catalan
Shifter through the time
Shifter across language varieties
United States of America
Common