Joystick
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
"If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important."
- 2 a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers wordnet
- 3 A penis. slang
"She playing with my joystick All in my two seater"
- 4 a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane wordnet
Verb
- 1 To manoeuvre by means of a joystick (noun sense 1). rare
"Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe."
Example
More examples"It's no use trying to find people to play Street Fighter with when you can't explain double quarter-circle joystick motions."
Etymology
From joy + stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.