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joy⋅stick

  [joi-stik]
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–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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joy·stick   (joi'stĭk')   
n.   Slang

  1. The control stick of an aircraft.

  2. A manual control or cursor device, as one attached to a computer or video game.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
joystick

  1. n.
    the vertical lever used to control smaller aircraft. : She pulled back on the joystick and the plane took off.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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Computing Dictionary

joystick hardware, games
A device consisting of a hand held stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two dimensions to a computer. Joysticks are often used to control games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. Most I/O interface cards for IBM PCs have a joystick (game control) port.
(1995-03-08)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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