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Joystick

//ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A penis. slang

    "She playing with my joystick All in my two seater"

  4. 4
    a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane wordnet
Verb
  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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