Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, especially)The lever used to change gears in a motor vehicle.

    Schalthebel, Schaltknüppel

    рыча́г переключе́ния переда́чryčág pereključénija peredáč

  2. The lever used to change gears on other types of machines, such as a machine tool.

More definitions
  • a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The car’s gear lever was broken - it was almost impossible to get it into first gear.

Translations

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