shifterPronunciation: /ˈʃɪftə(r)/Definition of shifter noun [usually in combination] 1a person or thing that shifts something:each morning the rock-shifters travel by donkey cart to start work 2North American a gearbox of a motor vehicle or a set of gear levers on a bicycle:a new, improved five-speed shiftershifter in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shifter in the US English dictionary