See beachball in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "slang, Mac computing: to stop responding to user input",
"word": "rantapalloilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "slang, Mac computing: to stop responding to user input",
"word": "pelata rantapalloa"
}
],
"word": "beachball"
}
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