beachball

See also: beach ball

English

Etymology

From beach +‎ ball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

beachball (plural beachballs)

1. Alternative spelling of beach ball

Verb

beachball (third-person singular simple present beachballs, present participle beachballing, simple past and past participle beachballed)

1. (computing, slang, intransitive) To hang; to stop responding to user input; (used of Mac computers, where this is indicated by a spinning coloured cursor like a beach ball).