different between joystick vs punch

English

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

joystick (plural joysticks)

1. A mechanical 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.
   • 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)

     If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

2. (slang) A penis.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis

Translations

Verb

joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)

1. (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
   • 2007, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X

     Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.

   • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox, Robotics: Science and Systems II

     It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

Further reading

• joystick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???i?.st?k/
• Hyphenation: joy?stick

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)

1. A joystick.
2. A tiller extension.

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?oi?stik/, [?d?o?i?s?t?ik]

Noun

joystick

1. (especially gaming) Synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (invariable)

1. joystick (device)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English joystick

Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)

1. a joystick

References

• “joystick” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “joystick” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English joystick

Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)

1. a joystick

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ois?tik/, [t??oi?s?t?ik]

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks)

1. joystick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Etymology 1

From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon).

Noun

punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches)

1. (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
2. (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
3. (uncountable) Impact.

Synonyms

• (strike with the fist): blow, box, bunch of fives (Britain)
• (power, strength): oomph, pep

Hyponyms

• (strike with the fist): jab, hook, king hit, uppercut, pounding

Derived terms

Related terms

• puncheon

Translations

See also

• (A strike with the fist): slap

Verb

punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)

1. (transitive) To strike with one's fist.

   If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.

2. (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
3. (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
4. (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
5. (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

   He punched a hit into shallow left field.

6. (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
7. To thrust against; to poke.

   to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow

Synonyms

• (To strike with the fist): box, slug

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened form of puncheon, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick”).

Noun

punch (plural punches)

1. (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
   1. (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
2. (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
3. (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
4. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

Translations

See also

• centrepunch, centre punch, centerpunch
• hole punch
• nail punch
• paper punch
• three-hole punch

Verb

punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)

1. To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
2. To mark a ticket.

Hypernyms

• (to create a hole): perforate, pierce

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Hindi ???? (p??c, “five”), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit ?????? (páñcan). Doublet of five, cinque, pimp, and Pompeii.

Noun

punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches)

2. A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

Descendants

Translations

Etymology 4

From Punch.

Noun

punch (plural punches)

1. (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pons (obsolete)
• puns (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from English punch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?n?/
• Hyphenation: punch

Noun

punch m (uncountable)

1. punch (beverage)

French

Alternative forms

• ponch (1990 reform spelling)

Etymology

From English punch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/

Noun

punch m (plural punchs)

1. punch (drink)

Further reading

• “punch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Noun

punch m (plural punches)

1. punch (drink)