joy stick

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joy⋅stick

[joi-stik]

–noun

1.	Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.

2.	Computers. a lever resembling this, used to control movement of a cursor or other graphic element for video games and computer graphics.

3.	any leverlike switch for controlling, manipulating, guiding, or the like.

Also, joy stick.

Origin:
1905–10; joy + stick ¹

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Slang Dictionary

joystick

n.
the vertical lever used to control smaller aircraft. : She pulled back on the joystick and the plane took off.
n.
an electronic control device for computer games and other program control. (From sense 1.) : The ship's first officer used a tiny joystick to control the computer program that guided the ship the next port.
n.
the erect penis. (Usually objectionable.) : He couldn't seem to stop playing pocket pool with his joystick.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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