joypad
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English
Etymology
From joy + pad, modelled on earlier joystick.
Pronunciation
Noun
joypad (plural joypads)
- (video games) A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input.
- 2000, Rebbecca Ray, Pure, page 362:
- I heard it through Michael's window, I dropped the joypad on his floor.
- 2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 146:
- If you enjoy playing arcade-style games on your PC, you may have found that they benefit immensely from a joypad.
- 2006, Karl-Friedrich Kraiss, editor, Advanced Man-Machine Interaction, page 361:
- Joypads, as they are used in the gaming idustry, have the great advantage that they are designed to be used without looking at them (relief buttons, hand ergonomics).
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Translations
gamepad — see gamepad
See also
References
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joypad.
Pronunciation
Noun
joypad m inan
Declension
Declension of joypad
Further reading
- joypad in Polish dictionaries at PWN