joystick
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joystick
- /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stɪk/ Australia
- /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stək/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
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.
noun joysticks · joy-stick · joy stick
- 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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A penis.
She playing with my joystick
All in my two seater
Similar: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode
verb joysticks · joysticking · joysticked · joy-stick · joy stick
- 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.
Translations
Every language
noun mechanical control device
| Español | palanca de mando, joystick, columna de control |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 조이스틱 joiseutik |
| 日本語 | ジョイスティック joisutikku |
| 中文 | 控制桿 /控制杆 kòngzhìgǎn, 操縱桿 /操纵杆 cāozònggǎn |
| Português | manche |
| Français | manche, joystick, manche à balai, manette |
| Deutsch | Steuerknüppel, Joystick |
| Italiano | barra di comando, leva di comando, cloche, ludomanetta, joystick |
| Ελληνικά | πηδάλιο pidálio |
| Русский | джо́йстик džójstik |
| العربية | عَصَا الْأَلْعَاب ʕaṣā l-ʔalʕāb, عَصَا التَّحَكُّم فِي الْأَلْعَاب ʕaṣā t-taḥakkum fī l-ʔalʕāb |
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title = {joystick},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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