"beach ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-beachball.ogg [Australia] Forms: beach balls [plural], beachball [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beach ball (plural beach balls)
  1. A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games. Derived forms: beach ball diagram, beach ball plot Translations (large inflatable ball used in beach games): 海灘球 /海滩球 (hǎitān qiú) (Chinese Mandarin), strandbal [masculine] (Dutch), plaĝpilko (Esperanto), rannapall (Estonian), rantapallo (Finnish), ballon de plage [masculine] (French), Wasserball [masculine] (German), ビーチボール (bīchibōru) (Japanese), 비치볼 (bichibol) (Korean), badeball (Norwegian), bola de praia [feminine] (Portuguese), надувно́й мяч (naduvnój mjač) [masculine] (Russian), пля́жный мяч (pljážnyj mjač) [masculine] (Russian), badboll [common-gender] (Swedish), plaj topu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-beach_ball-en-noun-Azt6PSGC Categories (other): Toys Disambiguation of Toys: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of 'large inflatable ball used in beach games': 85 9 6
  2. (computing, informal) A spinning wait cursor in macOS. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-beach_ball-en-noun-L4-M9gV0 Categories (other): Computing, Toys Disambiguation of Toys: 29 32 39 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (ice hockey, figurative) A successful shot on goal that should have been easily blocked. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-beach_ball-en-noun-R5bOoFgI Categories (other): Ice hockey, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Toys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 30 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 26 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 26 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 26 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 25 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 29 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 11 24 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 29 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 24 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 28 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 34 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 8 23 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 27 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 24 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 28 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 28 62 Disambiguation of Toys: 29 32 39 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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