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beachball

noun

Meaning

  1. A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games.
  2. 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).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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