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
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Noun

joystick (plural joysticks)

  1. 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.
  2. (slang) A penis.

Translations

Verb

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.
    • 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.

Finnish

Etymology

From English joystick.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒoi̯stik/, [ˈdʒo̞i̯s̠t̪ik]

Noun

joystick

  1. (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
instructive — joystickein
abessive joystickitta joystickeitta
comitative — joystickeineen

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (invariable)

  1. joystick (device)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English joystick

Noun

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

  1. a joystick

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English joystick

Noun

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

  1. a joystick

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoisˈtik/, [t͡ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks)

  1. joystick
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