joystick

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
26
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/
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/ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/ · /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stɪk/ · /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stək/ · /ˈd͡ʒɒj.sʈik/

Definition of joystick

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

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.”
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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. (slang)A penis.
    “She playing with my joystick All in my two seater”

verb

  1. (rare, transitive)To maneuver by means of a joystick (noun sense 1).
    “Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.”
    “Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.”
    “It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.”

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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.

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