JOYSTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joystick mean? 

• JOYSTICK (noun)
  The noun JOYSTICK has 2 senses:

1. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

2. 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

  Familiarity information: JOYSTICK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOYSTICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

control stick; joystick; stick

Hypernyms ("joystick" is a kind of...):

lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("joystick" is a kind of...):

control; controller (a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine)

data input device; input device (a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device)