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Word entry · 8 letters

joystick

Best crossword clue

"Game lever"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk/Part of speech nounSorted cijkostyStarts with JEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A hand-operated control stick used to direct movement on a screen or machine.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.
  • She playing with my joystick All in my two seater
  • Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.

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