beachball

[ beech-bawl ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of beachball¹

First recorded in 1935–40; beach + ball ¹

Example Sentences

His flashlight picks out a boat floating on a pool of purified water above thousands of glittering orbs the size of beachballs.

From Seattle Times

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

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

Benítez, who has seen enough of beachballs to last a lifetime, did not look impressed.

From The Guardian

We got a beachball warning but what about the monkey suits?

From The Guardian