A
manual transmission, also known as a
manual gearbox,
stick shift,
n-speed manual (where
n is its number of forward gear ratios),
standard,
M/T or in colloquial
U.S. English, a
stick (for vehicles with hand-lever shifters), is a type of
transmission used in
motor vehicle applications. It uses a driver-operated
clutch engaged and disengaged by a foot pedal (
automobile) or hand lever (
motorcycle), for regulating
torque transfer from the
engine to the transmission; and a
gear selector operated by hand (automobile) or by foot (motorcycle).