joystick

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

joystick (plural joysticks)

1. A mechanical 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.
   • 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)

     If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

2. (slang) A penis.

Verb

joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)

1. (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
   • 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell

     Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.

   • 2007, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X

     Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.

   • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox, Robotics: Science and Systems II

     It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (invariable)

1. joystick (device)

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoisˈtiɡ/, [t͡ʃoi̯sˈt̪iɣ]

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks)

1. joystick