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The Winters Shifter is commonly used in the Rock Bouncer and Rock Crawling community because of the ease of use that comes with a Winters Shifter. It does not jam and has no spring loaded levers. The shifter is just an all around great addition to your Off Road Vehicle.
Related to shifter: Barrel shifter
shift
(shĭft)v.tr.1. To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class: shifted assignments among the students.
2. To move or transfer from one place or position to another.
4. To change (gears), as in an automobile.
5. Linguistics To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
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v.intr.1. To change position, direction, place, or form.
2. 
a. To provide for one's own needs; get along: 'See me safe up: for my coming down, I can shift for myself'(Thomas More).
3. To change gears, as when driving an automobile.
4. Linguistics To be altered as part of a systematic historical change. Used of speech sounds.
n.1. A change from one person or configuration to another; a substitution.
2. a. A group of workers that relieve another on a regular schedule.
b. The working period of such a group: worked the night shift.
3. b. A stratagem; a trick.
5. A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis.
6. A change in position, as:
a. Music A change of the hand position in playing the violin or a similar instrument.
b. Football A rearrangement of players from one formation to another just prior to the snap of the ball.
c. Baseball A rearrangement of one or more fielders for improved defense against a particular hitter.
e. Computers Movement of characters in a register to the left or right, as of the bits in a byte.
8. Physics A change in wavelength, causing a movement of a spectral band or line.
9. Linguisticsa. A systematic change of the phonetic or phonemic structure of a language.
10. a. A loosely fitting dress that hangs straight from the shoulder; a chemise.
[Middle English shiften, from Old English sciftan, to arrange, divide.]
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| Noun | 1. | shifter - a stagehand responsible for moving scenery stage technician, stagehand - an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production |
| 2. | shifter - a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; 'in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever' mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
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shifter
n(US Aut, bicycle) → Schalthebelm
Shifter
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