joystick en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
- /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stək/ (New-Zealand)
- joi′stĭk′
- /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stɪk/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
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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.
1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140:
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(slang) A penis.
She playing with my joystick All in my two seater
2015, “Gamez”, performed by Maejor ft. Keri Hilson:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| joy stick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| joysticks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| joy-stick | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
joystick waggler · joysticklike · minijoystick · joyport
Synonyms
rutter · wick · pee-wee · gherkin · willy · joint · p-word · down · ramrod · dicklet · wee-wee · chopper · John Thomas · short arm · jade stalk · dingle · tic tac · cock · pizzle · old chap · hagfish · fuckpole · pork sword · peen · joystick · diddly · baloney pony · ying-yang · package · schmuck · meat · todger · pipe · man-meat · pintle · third leg · rod · shlong · stem · nature's scythe · jock · dirk · widdler · phallus · weapon · tarse · stretcher · rape tool · choad · unit · meatstick · hooter · manhood · lad · snake · piece · love muscle · pego · pink cigar · bird · tallywhacker · eggplant · donger · ding-dong · weeny · jamoke · hog · Percy · dork · yard · snausage · truncheon · thing · machine · virile member · python · pink oboe · bobby · D · tool · meat puppet · winky · hoo-hoo · peener · disco stick · tongue · knob · toy · prick · meat scepter · ding-a-ling · dipstick · weenie · skin flute · root · anaconda · trouser snake · piece of pork · fish · pee-pee · one-eyed trouser snake · johnson · jimmy · Master John Goodfellow · salami · pistol · member · dick · dinger · hairy canary · wingwang · pillicock · job · dingaling · cucumber · cigar · pisser · hose · colloquial · fucker · bald-headed hermit · plonker · chode · shaft · schlong · purple-headed yogurt slinger · hot dog · dingy · pecker · langer · love sausage · wang · Donkey Kong · male member · boonga · custard launcher · putz · sex tool · meat rod · nob · swipe · love truncheon · old fellow · tagger · jigger · pud · dock · gun · membrum virile · cack · dinkle · willie · penis · whale · piston · trouser monkey · meat stick · tube steak · wiener · winkle · Yiddish) · choda · Excalibur · sucker · organ · hot rod · it · eel · dog bone · pingas · widgie · love stick · tadger · love wand · verge · corey · doodle · birdie · magnum · dong · dink · fire hose · pike · diddle · thingy · Jonathan · crank · dingus · kielbasa · tail · peter · whang · banana · hammer · pickle · sausage · spitstick · shmekl (q · lingam
Translations (58)
mi kakautohu (mechanical control device) · fr manche (mechanical control device) · fr manche à balai (mechanical control device) · it ludomanetta (mechanical control device) · ar عَصَا الْأَلْعَاب (mechanical control device) · it leva di comando (mechanical control device) · is stýristautur (mechanical control device) · it joystick (mechanical control device) · fr manette (mechanical control device) · id tuas kendali (mechanical control device) · nl bedieningshendel (mechanical control device) · mr जॉयस्टिक (mechanical control device) · acw يد (mechanical control device) · uk джо́йстик (mechanical control device) · fr joystick (mechanical control device) · ka ჯოისტიკი (mechanical control device) · ms kayu bedik (mechanical control device) · th จอยสติ๊ก (mechanical control device) · ms کايو ريا (mechanical control device) · sv styrspak (mechanical control device) · es columna de control (mechanical control device) · nl joystick (mechanical control device) · pl dżojstik (mechanical control device) · cmn 控制桿 /控制杆 (mechanical control device) · ms kayu ria (mechanical control device) · is stýripinni (mechanical control device) · it cloche (mechanical control device) · el πηδάλιο (mechanical control device) · da joystick (mechanical control device) · ru джо́йстик (mechanical control device) · az coystik (mechanical control device) · de Steuerknüppel (mechanical control device) · ar عَصَا التَّحَكُّم فِي الْأَلْعَاب (mechanical control device) · is leikvölur (mechanical control device) · nl stuurknuppel (mechanical control device) · de Joystick (mechanical control device) · nn joystick (mechanical control device) · sh džojstik (mechanical control device) · es palanca de mando (mechanical control device) · pl joystick (mechanical control device) · ka მართვის სახელური (mechanical control device) · fi sauvaohjain (mechanical control device) · fi ilotikku (mechanical control device) · it barra di comando (mechanical control device) · fi joystick (mechanical control device) · nb joystick (mechanical control device) · sv joystick (mechanical control device) · bg джо́йстик (mechanical control device) · yi קאָנטראָל־שטעקל (mechanical control device) · fi ohjainsauva (mechanical control device) · hu botkormány (mechanical control device) · ko 조이스틱 (mechanical control device) · pt manche (mechanical control device) · lo ຄັນບັງຄັບ (mechanical control device) · es joystick (mechanical control device) · ja ジョイスティック (mechanical control device) · cmn 操縱桿 /操纵杆 (mechanical control device) · cs joystick (mechanical control device)