joystick
A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and…A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
» You need a joystick.
Du brauchst einen Spielhebel.
Du brauchst einen Joystick.
Sie brauchen einen Joystick.
Ihr braucht einen Joystick.
Тебе нужен джойстик.
Вам нужен джойстик.
Meaning
2 sensesA mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
Steuerknüppel, Joystick
джо́йстикdžójstik
джо́йстикdžójstyk
(slang)A penis.
- a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
Examples
3 sentencesYou need a joystick.
ruТебе нужен джойстик.
deDu brauchst einen Spielhebel.
I have a big joystick.
It's no use trying to find people to play Street Fighter with when you can't explain double quarter-circle joystick motions.
ruБесполезно пытаться найти людей для игры в "Street Fighter", когда Вы не можете объяснить двойные круговые движения джойстиком.
Translations
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Origin
From joy + stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airFrom joy + stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.
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