lob

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verb (used with object),lobbed, lob·bing.
  1. Tennis. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.

  2. to fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.

  1. Cricket. to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion.

  2. to throw (something) slowly in an arc.

verb (used without object),lobbed, lob·bing.
  1. Tennis. to lob a ball.

noun
  1. Tennis. a ball hit in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.

  2. Cricket. a ball bowled with a slow underhand motion.

  1. British Dialect. a slow, heavy, dull-witted person.

Origin of lob

1
1325–75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob (Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, originally pollack; Old English: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.

Other words from lob

  • lobber, noun

Words Nearby lob

Other definitions for lob (2 of 2)

lob2
[ lob ]

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for lob (1 of 2)

lob1

/ (lɒb) sport /


noun
  1. a ball struck in a high arc

  2. cricket a ball bowled in a slow high arc

verblobs, lobbing or lobbed
  1. to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc

  2. informal to throw, esp in a high arc

Origin of lob

1
C14: probably of Low German origin, originally in the sense: something dangling; compare Middle Low German lobbe hanging lower lip, Old English loppe spider

British Dictionary definitions for lob (2 of 2)

lob2

/ (lɒb) /


noun
  1. short for lobworm

Origin of lob

2
C17 (in the sense: pendulous object): related to lob 1

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