beachball

American  

[beech-bawl] / ˈbitʃˌbɔl /

noun

1. a large, light, buoyant ball, used especially for games at the seashore, swimming pools, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of beachball

First recorded in 1935–40; beach + ball ¹

Example Sentences

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beachball

With his team trailing 1-0, he placed his shot low to the goalkeeper’s left, only to see his attempt parried away like a beachball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Shine a light outward from the center of the beachball so that the ball’s surface is projected onto the inside of the cylinder.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026

In their small frontyard, 2-year-old Carlos moves, like a sturdy, joyous missile, in rapid succession from blue elephant mini-car to tot-trampoline to skateboard to flinging a small knobbly ball and then a rainbow beachball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2020

Cast Away With Tom Hanks currently in Australia fighting Covid-19, let’s remember him in shaggier times: on an enforced Robinson Crusoe training retreat, with only a beachball and do-it-yourself dentistry to amuse himself with.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020

And how did I feel about giving up the quest when a granny in sneakers, a human beachball named Woodrow, and over 3,990 others had made it to Katahdin?

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson