thumbstick
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thumbstick (plural thumbsticks)
(video games) A small joystick, generally part of a larger game controller, that can be operated with the thumb.
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Bad guys run at your character in silhouette, and you can use the thumbstick to kill them, Tarantino-style.
The new pass-rush controls can be pulled off entirely with the right thumbstick on a console controller, keeping it in line with many of the movement-based changes over the past few years.
It didn't say anything about the thumbstick version in the current update.
Moving the thumbstick too quickly will force the ball to the right.
You use the left thumbstick to wipe your hand over the bird clearing away accumulated corruption like so many thistle burrs picked out of corgi fur.
Same goes for right on the d-pad and the left thumbstick.