joystick

• joy-stick, joy stick

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.

• enPR: joi′stĭk′
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stək/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒj.sʈik/

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• Hyphenation: joy‧stick

joystick (plural joysticks)

2. 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.
   • 1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140:

     If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

3. (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

(mechanical control device):

• center stick
• sidestick

joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)

1. (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick (sense 1).
   • 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell, page 124:

     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, page 254:

     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, page 106:

     It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

• joystick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English joystick.

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• Hyphenation: joy‧stick

joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)

2. joystick (mechanical control device)
3. (nautical) tiller extension (attachment to the tiller)

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒoi̯stik/,
• Rhymes: -oistik
• Syllabification^(key): joy‧stick
• Hyphenation^(key): joy‧stick

joystick

1. (especially gaming) synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)

• “joystick”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (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 Wikipedia has an article on:

joystick

Wikipedia ^it

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔjs.tik/, /d͡ʒojsˈtik/
• Rhymes: -ɔjstik, -ik
• Hyphenation: joy‧stick

joystick m (invariable)

2. joystick (mechanical control device)

• joystick in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• joystick in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• joystick in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Derived from English joystick.

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)

2. joystick (mechanical control device)

• “joystick” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “joystick” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Derived from English joystick.

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)

2. joystick (mechanical control device)

• “joystick” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

joystick

Wikipedia ^pl

• dżojstik (less common)

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʐɔj.stik/

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• Rhymes: -ɔjstik
• Syllabification: joy‧stick

joystick m inan

1. joystick (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)

   Synonym: pad

   komputerowy joystick ― computer joystick

   joystick i klawiatura ― joystick and keyboard

   sterować joystickiem ― to control with a joystick

   obsługiwać za pomocą joysticka ― to operate with a joystick

   • 1998 December 3, Radek Daszyński, “Mini, MIDI, czy maxi”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, Gdańsk: Polskapresse, oddział Prasa Bałtycka, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Dobrze jest także wyposażyć komputer w joystick lub konsolę do gry. Zaoszczędzi to częstych awarii klawiatury.

     It is also a good idea to equip your computer with a joystick or a gaming console. This will save you from frequent keyboard failures.

   • 1999 August 13, Marek Ponikowski, “Formula Seata”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, Gdańsk: Polskapresse, oddział Prasa Bałtycka, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Kierowca może zmieniać biegi używając oryginalnego joysticka na środkowym tunelu bądź też, nie odrywając rąk od kierownicy, dwoma umieszczonymi pod nią przyciskami.

     The driver can change gears using the original joystick on the central tunnel or, without taking his hands off the steering wheel, using the two buttons located below it.

   • 2001 October 6, Paweł Walewski, “Operacja robot”, in Polityka‎, number 2318, Warszawa: Polityka — Spółdzielnia Pracy, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Zestaw chirurgiczny składa się z konsoli z monitorem i elementami kontrolnymi oraz samego robota. Ramiona robota z wymiennymi narzędziami są kierowane za pomocą joysticków, zaś kamera przekazująca obraz operowanego miejsca — głosem.

     The surgical set consists of a console with a monitor and control elements and the robot itself. The robot arms with interchangeable tools are controlled by joysticks, while the camera transmitting the image of the operated site — by voice.

• “joystick”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego , 2022
• joystick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• joystick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoiˈstik/

• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: joy‧stick

joystick m (plural joysticks)

2. joystick (mechanical control device)

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.