beach ball

noun

A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games.

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Meanings

nounbeach ball (plural beach balls)

plural beach balls · alternative beachball

  1. A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games.
  2. informalcomputingA spinning wait cursor in macOS.
  3. figurativelyhobbiesA successful shot on goal that should have been easily blocked.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge and light ball; for play at the seaside

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 海灘球 /海滩球
  • 海灘球 /海滩球 (hǎitānqiú)large inflatable ball used in beach games
Dutch strandbal
  • strandballarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Esperanto plaĝpilko
  • plaĝpilkolarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Estonian rannapall
  • rannapalllarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Finnish rantapallo
  • rantapallolarge inflatable ball used in beach games
French ballon de plage
  • ballon de plagelarge inflatable ball used in beach games
German Wasserball
  • Wasserballlarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Japanese ビーチボール
  • ビーチボール (bīchibōru)large inflatable ball used in beach games
Korean 비치볼
  • 비치볼 (bichibol)large inflatable ball used in beach games
Norwegian badeball
  • badeballlarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Polish piłka plażowa
  • piłka plażowalarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Portuguese bola de praia
  • bola de praialarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Russian надувно́й мяч, пля́жный мяч
  • надувно́й мяч (naduvnój mjač)large inflatable ball used in beach games
  • пля́жный мяч (pljážnyj mjač)large inflatable ball used in beach games
Swedish badboll
  • badbolllarge inflatable ball used in beach games
Turkish plaj topu
  • plaj topularge inflatable ball used in beach games
Cite this entry
APA

beach ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beach%20ball

MLA

“beach ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beach%20ball. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beach ball,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beach%20ball.

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