beachball

== English == === Etymology === From beach +‎ ball. === Pronunciation === === Noun === beachball (plural beachballs) Alternative spelling of beach ball. === Verb === beachball (third-person singular simple present beachballs, present participle beachballing, simple past and past participle beachballed) (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). ==== Translations ====