"joystick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʒɔɪstɪk/ Audio: en-us-joystick.ogg [US] Forms: joysticks [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|joy|stick}} joy + stick, {{unk|en|title=unclear}} unclear Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Aviation, Computing, Genitalia, Video games Translations (mechanical control device): يد (yadd) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), coystik (Azerbaijani), 控制桿 (Chinese Mandarin), 控制杆 (kòngzhìgǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 操縱桿 (Chinese Mandarin), 操纵杆 (cāozònggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), joystick [masculine] (Czech), joystick [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), bedieningshendel [masculine] (Dutch), stuurknuppel (Dutch), joystick (Dutch), sauvaohjain (Finnish), ohjainsauva (Finnish), ilotikku [colloquial] (Finnish), joystick (Finnish), manche [masculine] (French), joystick [masculine] (French), manche à balai [masculine] (French), manette [feminine] (French), ჯოისტიკი (ǯoisṭiḳi) (Georgian), მართვის სახელური (martvis saxeluri) (Georgian), Steuerknüppel [masculine] (German), Joystick [masculine] (German), πηδάλιο (pidálio) [neuter] (Greek), botkormány (Hungarian), stýripinni [masculine] (Icelandic), stýristautur [masculine, rare] (Icelandic), leikvölur [masculine, rare] (Icelandic), tuas kendali (Indonesian), barra di comando [feminine] (Italian), ジョイスティック (joisutikku) (Japanese), 조이스틱 (joiseutik) (Korean), ຄັນບັງຄັບ (english: khan bang khap) (Lao), kayu ria (Malay), kayu bedik (Malay), کايو ريا (kayu ria) (Malay), kakautohu (Maori), joystick [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), joystick [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dżojstik [masculine] (Polish), joystick [masculine] (Polish), manche [masculine] (Portuguese), джо́йстик (džójstik) [masculine] (Russian), džojstik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), palanca de mando [feminine] (Spanish), joystick [masculine] (Spanish), joystick (english: computers) [common-gender] (Swedish), styrspak [common-gender] (Swedish), จอยสติ๊ก (Thai), джо́йстик (džójstyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), קאָנטראָל־שטעקל (kontrol-shtekl) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-joystick-en-noun-a1RqDfF7 Disambiguation of Aviation: 66 7 27 Disambiguation of Computing: 75 5 20 Disambiguation of Genitalia: 50 17 33 Disambiguation of Video games: 52 3 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 1 51 Disambiguation of 'mechanical control device': 100 0
  2. (slang) A penis. Tags: slang Synonyms: penis
    Sense id: en-joystick-en-noun-KFrQ904s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: center stick, sidestick Derived forms: joystick waggler

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʒɔɪstɪk/ Audio: en-us-joystick.ogg [US] Forms: joysticks [present, singular, third-person], joysticking [participle, present], joysticked [participle, past], joysticked [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|joy|stick}} joy + stick, {{unk|en|title=unclear}} unclear Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-joystick-en-verb-BjtMGfm- Disambiguation of Video games: 52 3 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 1 51

Inflected forms

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          "word": "barra di comando"
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          "word": "ジョイスティック"
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          "word": "کايو ريا"
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          "sense": "mechanical control device",
          "word": "kakautohu"
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