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

/ ˈdʒɔɪˌstɪk /

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

First recorded in 1905–10; joy + stick ¹

All it takes is a look beyond the joystick, and local software shop, to get a glimpse at its shining promise.

His hand had been jerking the joystick to plus one all this time and now he became consciously aware of this.

For the daring and brilliant youth who held the joystick was a master-pilot, who understood every whim and fancy of his machine.

The pilot pushes the joystick slowly forward and prepares to land.

Probably he was shot dead and fell over on to the joystick, which put the machine to its last dive.

Some one else has produced the latest thing in connections between the pilot's joystick and the Vickers gun.

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