8 letters · 24 points in Scrabble
noun a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
noun 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
originFrom 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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