Definition of JOYSTICK

joystick

Plural: joysticks

Noun

  • A control lever, often used in video games or aircraft.
  • a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
  • 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 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.
  • A penis.

Verb

  • To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.

Examples

  • If only he had a JOYSTICK to perfectly place his letters on the triple-word square in Scrabble!

Origin / Etymology

From joy + stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.

Synonyms

control stick, stick, D, Donkey Kong, John Thomas, Jonathan, Master John Goodfellow, Percy, Yiddish), anaconda, bald-headed hermit, baloney pony, banana, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode, chopper, cigar, cock, colloquial, corey, crank, cucumber, custard launcher, dick, dicklet, diddle, diddly, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingaling, dinger, dingle, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipstick, dirk, disco stick, dog bone, dong, donger, doodle, dork, down, fire hose, fuckpole, gherkin, hairy canary, hammer, hog, hoo-hoo, hooter, hot dog, hot rod, it, jade stalk, jamoke, jigger, jimmy, jock, johnson, joint, joystick, kielbasa, knob, lad, langer, lingam, love muscle, love sausage, love stick, love truncheon, love wand, machine, magnum, male member, man-meat, manhood, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meat stick, meatstick, member, membrum virile, nature's scythe, nob, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, organ, p-word, package, pecker, pee-pee, pee-wee, peen, pego, penis, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pingas, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, pork sword, prick, pud, purple-headed yogurt slinger, putz, python, ramrod, rape tool, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, shlong, shmekl (qualifier, short arm, skin flute, snake, snausage, spitstick, stem, stretcher, sucker, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thing, thingy, third leg, tic tac, todger, tool, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, unit, virile member, wang, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whang, wick, widdler, widgie, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, yard, ying-yang

Scrabble Score: 24

joystick: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
joystick: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
joystick: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

joystick: valid Words With Friends Word