How to pronounce joystick
American English pronunciation
JOY-stik
- IPA
- /ˈdʒɔɪˌstɪk/
- Syllables
- JOY · stik (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What joystick means
A lever you tilt to steer in a game or a plane
In a sentence: Tia pushed the joystick left to make her little spaceship turn.
Where it comes from: It was first used around 1910 for the control stick of an airplane. How the word joy got into it is not clear.
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