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

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

It’s a scarily plausible impersonation from Christian Bale, whose bald-capped head has been enlarged to the size of a pale pink, bespectacled beachball.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2019

Favourite moment Darren Bent's goal for Sunderland that deflected off a beachball and was allowed to stand in defiance of the laws of the game.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2010

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