Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joystick

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: joy-stick
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/

24

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Slang

verb

To maneuver by means of a joystick (noun sense 1).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important."
"She playing with my joystick All in my two seater"
"Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe."
"Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions."
"It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

Inflected Forms

joysticks (plural) joy-stick (alternative) joy stick (alternative) joysticks (present, singular) joysticking (participle, present) joysticked (participle, past) joysticked (past)

Derived Forms

joyport joysticklike minijoystick

Phrases

joystick waggler

Synonyms

anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana bird birdie bobby boonga cack choad choda chode

Questions

How do you pronounce joystick?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/.
What does joystick mean?: 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.
Where does joystick come from?: 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.

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