beach ball

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beach ball

noun beach balls · beachball

  1. A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games.
  2. informal A spinning wait cursor in macOS.
  3. figuratively A successful shot on goal that should have been easily blocked.

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noun large inflatable ball used in beach games

한국어비치볼 bichibol
日本語ビーチボール bīchibōru
中文海灘球 /海滩球 hǎitānqiú
Portuguêsbola de praia
Françaisballon de plage
DeutschWasserball
Русскийнадувно́й мяч naduvnój mjač, пля́жный мяч pljážnyj mjač

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@misc{beach_ball_2026,
  title = {beach ball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beach%20ball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}