joystick
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
joystick (plural joysticks)
- 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.
- 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)
- (slang) A penis.
Translations[edit]
mechanical control device
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Verb[edit]
joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)
- (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.
- 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English joystick.
Noun[edit]
joystick m (invariable)
- joystick (device)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English joystick.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
joystick m (plural joysticks)
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