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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɔi̯.stɪk]

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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/, [ˈdʒo̞i̯s̠tik]
• Rhymes: -oistik
• Syllabification^(key): joy‧stick
• Hyphenation^(key): joy‧stick

joystick

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

• “joystick”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

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.

• 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^[2], 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 [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 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/ [t͡ʃoi̯ˈst̪ik]

• 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.