1. n. (common) a fun and simple plastic inflatable ball, most often used in beach games. Shortened to a single word from previous two words for marketing purposes.
2. n. (slang) Someone who is as wide as they are tall. Simple analogous derivation from common use of word.
Other than an inflatable beach toy, beachball is a common term used at beaches between males to announce the presence of an extremely attractive female without drawing attention. It is usually placed in a question followed by a time of day to signify the direction of the female relative to the speaker.
Teddy: "So you coming to the party tonight?"
Mike: "No, sorry, I'm playin' some beachball at 3 o'clock."
Teddy: "Oh, really."
Teddy glances to the side.
Teddy: "Hm, maybe I'll join you."
v.i. to wait around; to loiter; esp. to wait to do something until someone else has completed a prerequisite task (from the "beach ball" icon displayed when Microsoft Windows applications are loading: one cannot perform any task until the relevant data have been processed).
Girl: "Have you ordered yet?"
Boy: "No, we're still beachballing 'til the waiter gets here."
Thing One: Did you get my text?
Thing Two: No, my phone's still beachballing.
The Mac OS pointer icon of a colorful spinning wheelindicating the program currently under the mouse pointer is no longer responding. Called the beachball of death if the program never recovers or causes the operating system to become so busy (usually due to insufficient memory) that nothing else responds.
When the cursor on a Mac computer turns into a colorful swirling beachball to show that something is loading, but then does not stop. The end result is usually having to "Force Quit" the program.
Steve: AHH!! I was just about to watch this video my friend sent me when i got the beachball of doom!
Terrence: Man, that sucks. It's not going away, is it?
Steve: Nope. Looks like I'll have to force quit Safari. Oh well...
A larger woman's hair covered pubic area bulges outwards creating a spherical shape. Add the vaginal slit and that area looks like hairy wedges that resemble a hair-coated beachball.