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Making any sort of progress is made worse by the gearchange, which is notchy, has too much play in the gearlever and has a throw length last seen on the levers in a Victorian signal box.

In Which Dungeekin is Jeremy Clarkson. . . Dungeekin 2009

Making any sort of progress is made worse by the gearchange, which is notchy, has too much play in the gearlever and has a throw length last seen on the levers in a Victorian signal box.

Archive 2009-07-01 Dungeekin 2009

Then check out the coarse, notchy, unergonomic joystick that controls the vents in the Caddy.

Test Drive: Cadillac SRX Cadillac SRX 2006

Taiwanese mill I noticed that under load, the quilldownfeed like a drill press is notchy and can jam under load.

Archive 2005-10-01 Charles Statman 2005

Tree – ferns rose on their notchy little trunks, and great mosses tangled in with more ordinary bushes.

Kangaroo 2004

As it hit, the six drums that comprised it burst, scattering notchy seeds all about.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

The gearbox has well-spaced ratios, but the change can be notchy and the clutch pedal on our test model had an annoyingly low bite point.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew English 2011

Despite its slightly complicated appearance changing gear on this short shift box is just the same as on a conventional system although it is far more notchy.

WalesOnline - Home 2011

The gearbox has well-spaced ratios, but the change can be notchy and the clutch pedal on our test model had an annoyingly low bite point.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew English 2011

I never missed a gear, and while the shifter had a notchy feel, the power delivery was pleasing through the gears.

ajc.com - News ANN M. JOB 2010