joystick
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classic joystick from the home computer era
See also: Joystick
English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- (slang) A penis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
- 2015, “Gamez”, performed by Maejor ft. Keri Hilson:
- She playing with my joystick
All in my two seater
Hyponyms
(mechanical control device):
Derived terms
Translations
mechanical control device
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Verb
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.
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English joystick.
Pronunciation
Noun
joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
Pronunciation
Noun
joystick
- (especially gaming) Synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)
Declension
| Inflection of joystick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | joystick | joystickit | ||
| genitive | joystickin | joystickien | ||
| partitive | joystickia | joystickeja | ||
| illative | joystickiin | joystickeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | joystick | joystickit | ||
| accusative | nom. | joystick | joystickit | |
| gen. | joystickin | |||
| genitive | joystickin | joystickien | ||
| partitive | joystickia | joystickeja | ||
| inessive | joystickissa | joystickeissa | ||
| elative | joystickista | joystickeista | ||
| illative | joystickiin | joystickeihin | ||
| adessive | joystickilla | joystickeilla | ||
| ablative | joystickilta | joystickeilta | ||
| allative | joystickille | joystickeille | ||
| essive | joystickina | joystickeina | ||
| translative | joystickiksi | joystickeiksi | ||
| abessive | joystickitta | joystickeitta | ||
| instructive | — | joystickein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “joystick”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
Noun
joystick m (invariable)
- joystick (device)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)
- a joystick
References
- “joystick” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “joystick” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)
- a joystick
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
Pronunciation
Noun
joystick m inan
Declension
Declension of joystick
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | joystick | joysticki |
| genitive | joysticku | joysticków |
| dative | joystickowi | joystickom |
| accusative | joystick | joysticki |
| instrumental | joystickiem | joystickami |
| locative | joysticku | joystickach |
| vocative | joysticku | joysticki |
Further reading
- joystick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- joystick in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
joystick m (plural joysticks)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.