joystick
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Definition of joystick
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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
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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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(slang)A penis.
“She playing with my joystick All in my two seater”
verb
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(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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
Words you can make from joystick
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30 words- JOKY 18 pts
- JOCK 17 pts
- KOJI 15 pts
- JOYS 14 pts
- COKY 13 pts
- ICKY 13 pts
- YOCK 13 pts
- JOTS 11 pts
- YOKS 11 pts
- ICKS 10 pts
- SICK 10 pts
- SOCK 10 pts
- TICK 10 pts
- TOCK 10 pts
- CITY 9 pts
- COSY 9 pts
- COYS 9 pts
- CYST 9 pts
- KIST 8 pts
- KITS 8 pts
- KOIS 8 pts
- OIKS 8 pts
- SKIT 8 pts
- TOYS 7 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- COST 6 pts
- COTS 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- SCOT 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
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