"beachball" meaning in All languages combined

See beachball on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-beachball.ogg [Australia] Forms: beachballs [plural]
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  1. Alternative form of beach ball. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: beach ball
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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-beachball.ogg [Australia] Forms: beachballs [present, singular, third-person], beachballing [participle, present], beachballed [participle, past], beachballed [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English beachball From beach + ball. For the computing sense, because Mac computers indicate waiting with a spinning coloured cursor like a beach ball. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|beach|ball<id:Q18545>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English beachball [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bakiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*baki", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bæċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bache", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "beach", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "Q18545", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "Q12507", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "ball", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "ball", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "blow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰel-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*balluz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "*beall", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bal", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ball", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "beachball", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="beachball"> From beach + ball. Head templates: {{en-verb}} beachball (third-person singular simple present beachballs, present participle beachballing, simple past and past participle beachballed)
  1. (computing, slang, intransitive, of Mac computers) To hang; to stop responding to user input. Tags: intransitive, slang Translations (slang, Mac computing: to stop responding to user input): rantapalloilla (Finnish), pelata rantapalloa (Finnish)
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Inflected forms

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