shifter

IPA: ʃˈɪftɝ

One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
(linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
(dated) Someone who plays tricks; a trickster.
(nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.
(engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
(engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
(mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
(US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
(mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
(erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
A shiftworker.
(spirituality) Short for reality shifter. [(spirituality) A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.]

Examples of "shifter" in Sentences

The shifter is a huge pedal like thing with daggers.
Similarly, the electronic shifter is not intuitive to use.
The shifter was a tall four-on-the-floor with a white billiard ball for a knob.
The shifter is a delight, and the 3.7-liter V6 sounds satisfying and pulls strongly.
The shifter is a delight, and the 3. 7-liter V6 sounds satisfying and pulls strongly.
For them, being a shape-shifter is a genetic mutation, not something that passes by a werewolf bite.
But even with the other units 'longer cords, having to drape them all the way along the console, across the cupholders and the shifter is an unnecessary inconvenience.