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beachball en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of beach ball.
    alt of beach ball

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beachballs Number=Plur lexicographic

beachball en · VERB

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, of Mac computers, slang) To hang; to stop responding to user input.
    • Is Xcode “beachballing” forever on you when we try to open a project that was working fine the day before? 2015, Magno Urbano, Troubleshooting Xcode, Apress, →ISBN, page 54:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beachballing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beachballed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beachballed Tense=Past lexicographic
beachballs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi rantapalloilla (slang, Mac computing: to stop responding to user input) · fi pelata rantapalloa (slang, Mac computing: to stop responding to user input)