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shifter
  1. One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
  2. (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
  3. (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
  4. (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
  5. (engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
  6. (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
  7. (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.
  8. A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
  9. (mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
  10. (US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
  11. (mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
  12. (erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
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  14. Examples:
    1. “During repetitive playback, turning the dial on the pitch shifter produced unexpected melodies that drew me into a mild rapture.”
      “The slapstick possibilities of a short-sighted furniture shifter must have seemed irresistible.”
      “That's like driving a five-speed car and moving the gear shifter around until the engine quits making that high pitched whining sound.”
shift
  1. (historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
  2. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
  3. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
  4. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
  5. Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
  6. (computing) A bit shift.
  7. (baseball) The infield shift.
  8. (archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
  9. (archaic) A trick, an artifice.
  10. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
  11. (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
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  13. Examples:
    1. “We have organized trucks to facilitate the shift of our cargo interstate.”
      “There's been a noticeable shift in public opinion since the release of the report.”
      “I need to get to work soon as my shift is about to start.”
shiftiness
  1. (uncountable) The property of being shifty.
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being shifty.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The politician's shiftiness was revealed when evidence of his corrupt practices came to light.”
      “The shiftiness of the magician's tricks left the audience bewildered and amazed, as he seamlessly transformed ordinary objects into remarkable illusions.”
      “No bandanna hid his hair, however, shortly cropped and brown, and his eyes lacked the size and shiftiness of the man who had greeted them.”
shifting
shiftinesses
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shifters
  1. plural of shifter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But there are shifters which allow you to control, to a greater or lesser degree, the shifting of the formants in the sound.”
      “Daytona uses bushings instead of the ball bearing pivots of the upper-tier Campagnolo shifters, which allow for lighter control feel.”
      “All these are wicked awesome local acts, but instead we are relegated to radio-friendly unit shifters.”
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