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joystick

noun

  1. control system
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/ / /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stɪk/ / /ˈd͡ʒoɪ.stək/

noun

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.

  1. 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.

    If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

  2. A penis.

    She playing with my joystick All in my two seater

verb

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.

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

    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.