thumbstick

English

Etymology

From thumb +‎ stick.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌmˌstɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

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thumbstick

Wikipedia

thumbstick (plural thumbsticks)

1. (video games) A small joystick, generally part of a larger game controller, that can be operated with the thumb.
   • 2023 May 25, Nic Reuben, “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review”, in The Guardian‎:

     Occasionally, when playing any given PC port, you’ll experience disorienting frame drops when using a mouse to control a camera that clearly was designed to move only as fluidly as console thumbsticks would allow.

Synonyms

• analog stick

Translations

joystick

Chinese: Mandarin: 类比摇杆 (lèibǐyáogǎn) 類比搖桿 / 类比摇杆 (lèibǐyáogǎn) Finnish: tatti (fi) French: stick analogique