joystick
Syllables: joy·stickUK/ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/
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Australia/ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stɪk/
joystick noun: 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.
Noun
joystick (plural joysticks)
- 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.1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140
- A penis.
- She playing with my joystick
All in my two seater2015, “Gamez”, performed by Maejor ft. Keri Hilson
- Synonyms:
- anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad
- She playing with my joystick
Verb
joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)
- 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.2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell, page 124
- Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.2007, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, page 254
joystick meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Arabic and Malay
joystick in Tamil
- joystick
- விசைப்பலகை vicaippalakai
joystick in Marathi
- mechanical control device
- जॉयस्टिक jŏyasṭik
joystick in Arabic
- mechanical control device
- عَصَا الْأَلْعَاب ʕaṣā l-ʔalʕāb, عَصَا التَّحَكُّم فِي الْأَلْعَاب ʕaṣā t-taḥakkum fī l-ʔalʕāb
joystick in Malay
- mechanical control device
- kayu ria, kayu bedik
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- joystick in Indonesian
- tuas kendali
- joystick in Thai
- จอยสติ๊ก
Examples of joystick in a sentence
- The joystick had a suckered base to keep it on the table.
- The game will not respond to small movements of the joystick, until the stick is pushed out of its dead zone.
- For many video gamers, juggling a joystick and a pizza is second nature.
Synonyms of joystick
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Forms of joystick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | joysticks |
| alternative form | joy-stick |
| alternative form | joy stick |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | joysticks |
| present participle | joysticking |
| past participle | joysticked |
| past | joysticked |
Origin of joystick
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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Questions about joystick
- What does joystick mean?
- Joystick means 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.
- What is joystick in Tamil?
- Joystick in Tamil is விசைப்பலகை (vicaippalakai). See Joystick meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is joystick?
- Joystick can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce joystick?
- Joystick is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of joystick?
- The plural of joystick is joysticks.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: joystick (page history and authors); விசைப்பலகை (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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