joystick
Americannoun
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Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
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Computers. a lever resembling this, used to control movement of a cursor or other graphic element for video games and computer graphics.
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any leverlike switch for controlling, manipulating, guiding, or the like.
noun
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informal the control stick of an aircraft or of any of various machines
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computing a lever by means of which the display on a screen may be controlled used esp for games, flight simulators, etc
Etymology
Origin of joystick
Example Sentences
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Blang could never ski his way into the Games, but with a joystick in his hands, he’s learned every inch of the race course.
A bank of screens shows the largely barren seabed, as an operator uses a multi-jointed joystick to operate the robot's hydraulic arm from thousands of metres above.
From Barron's
We’d compare our Jordans and Ewings and AF1’s that matched our Starter Jackets or Triple Fat Gooses that eventually landed on the floor because fighting over the joystick was much — much — more important.
From Salon
Encord’s Hansen said that there are warehouses planned in Eastern Europe where large teams of operators will sit with joysticks, guiding robots across the world.
From Los Angeles Times
In Hover mode, the joystick provides fine-grained yaw control, allowing the BlackFly to execute its surreal pirouette.
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