Associations to the word «Gearshift»

Wiktionary

GEARSHIFT, noun. Alternative spelling of gear shift
GEARSHIFT, verb. (rare) To shift gears.

Dictionary definition

GEARSHIFT, noun. A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats