joystick
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
joystick (plural joysticks)
- 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.
- 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)
- (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
HyponymsEdit
(mechanical control device):
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)
- (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.
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English joystick.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joystick
- (especially gaming) Synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
| Possessive forms of joystick (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | joystickini | joystickimme |
| 2nd person | joystickisi | joystickinne |
| 3rd person | joystickinsa | |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
NounEdit
joystick m (invariable)
- joystick (device)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)
- a joystick
ReferencesEdit
- “joystick” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “joystick” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)
- a joystick
PolishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joystick m inan
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | joystick | joysticki |
| genitive | joysticku | joysticków |
| dative | joystickowi | joystickom |
| accusative | joystick | joysticki |
| instrumental | joystickiem | joystickami |
| locative | joysticku | joystickach |
| vocative | joysticku | joysticki |
Further readingEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ik
NounEdit
joystick m (plural joysticks)
Usage notesEdit
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.