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Beachball

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of beach ball. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    large and light ball; for play at the seaside wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    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). intransitive, slang

    "Is Xcode “beachballing” forever on you when we try to open a project that was working fine the day before?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From beach + ball.

Etymology 2

From beach + ball.

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