"beachball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-beachball.ogg Forms: beachballs [plural]
Etymology: From beach + ball. Etymology templates: {{af|en|beach|ball}} beach + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} beachball (plural beachballs)
  1. Alternative spelling of beach ball Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: beach ball
    Sense id: en-beachball-en-noun-GCVtCbpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-beachball.ogg Forms: beachballs [present, singular, third-person], beachballing [participle, present], beachballed [participle, past], beachballed [past]
Etymology: From beach + ball. Etymology templates: {{af|en|beach|ball}} 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) 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). Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Computing Translations (slang, Mac computing: to stop responding to user input): rantapalloilla (Finnish), pelata rantapalloa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-beachball-en-verb-bNCBSH4u Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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