joystick

or joy stick

[ joi-stik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
Computers. a lever resembling this, used to control movement of a cursor or other graphic element for video games and computer graphics. Compare mouse ( def 4 ), stylus ( def 3 ).
any leverlike switch for controlling, manipulating, guiding, or the like.

joystick

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noun

informal.
the control stick of an aircraft or of any of various machines
computing a lever by means of which the display on a screen may be controlled used esp for games, flight simulators, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of joystick¹

First recorded in 1905–10; joy + stick ¹

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The European Union enforced a similar ban on video games and joysticks earlier this year.

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Using a joystick that wouldn't look out of a place on a gaming console, two engineers drive the underwater robot.

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But while they will be familiar with the typical way of playing - moving and aiming with joysticks and shooting with the "A" button - there’s a significant new feature too.

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The joystick was sensitive to every movement and as I descended with the runway filling the windscreen very rapidly, correcting mistakes to stay on course became impossible.

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A glimpse of what appeared to be a new Mario Kart game was also shown, and the video hinted that rumours about magnetic controller attachments and upgraded joysticks were true.

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