joystick
noun
joy·stick
ˈjȯi-ˌstik 
1
: a lever in an airplane that operates the elevators by a fore-and-aft motion and the ailerons by a side-to-side motion
2
: a control for any of various devices (such as a computer) that resembles an airplane's joystick especially in being capable of motion in two or more directions
Examples of joystick in a Sentence
This game works with either a mouse or joystick.
Recent Examples on the Web
The driver’s cockpit of a plow looks like a spaceship, with a dozen blinking buttons and several joysticks.
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Jacob Spetzler, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
The training setup looked like a dentist’s chair, with two joysticks and a virtual-reality headset.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
With 12 buttons and two joysticks, your kid may need time to familiarize themselves with all the options.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 12 Apr. 2024
Effortlessly maneuver this 33-footer in tight confines thanks to intuitive joystick control.
—Jeff Hemmel, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
But all sails are controlled by joystick on the flybridge.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
An unusual feature of this keyboard is an LCD menu screen which can be navigated using a tiny five-way joystick next to it.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
After Zens was exercised through eight-foot seas, more genteel conditions were enjoyed behind the harbor seawall, finessing pirouettes in the calm water with the joystick before the boat glided nimbly to the dock.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
Cahill climbed back into the cockpit, seized a joystick in each hand and manipulated the claw with precision, caressing and folding the earth as though mixing cake batter.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Jacob Spetzler, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
The training setup looked like a dentist’s chair, with two joysticks and a virtual-reality headset.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
With 12 buttons and two joysticks, your kid may need time to familiarize themselves with all the options.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 12 Apr. 2024
Effortlessly maneuver this 33-footer in tight confines thanks to intuitive joystick control.
—Jeff Hemmel, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
But all sails are controlled by joystick on the flybridge.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
An unusual feature of this keyboard is an LCD menu screen which can be navigated using a tiny five-way joystick next to it.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
After Zens was exercised through eight-foot seas, more genteel conditions were enjoyed behind the harbor seawall, finessing pirouettes in the calm water with the joystick before the boat glided nimbly to the dock.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
Cahill climbed back into the cockpit, seized a joystick in each hand and manipulated the claw with precision, caressing and folding the earth as though mixing cake batter.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Joystick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joystick. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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joystick
noun
joy·stick
-ˌstik
: a control lever for a device (as a computer display or an airplane) that allows motion in two or more directions
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