joypad

From joy +‎ pad, modelled on earlier joystick.

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joypad (plural joypads)

1. (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).

• gamepad

• pad

• joystick

• joypad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from English joypad.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʐɔj.pat/
• Rhymes: -ɔjpat
• Syllabification: joy‧pad

joypad m inan

1. (video games) gamepad

   Synonyms: gamepad, pad

• joypad in Polish dictionaries at PWN