lob
see also: LOB
Pronunciation Verb
LOB
Noun
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see also: LOB
Pronunciation Verb
lob (lobs, present participle lobbing; past and past participle lobbed)
- To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
- The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
- The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
- (colloquial) To throw.
- (colloquial) To put, place
- Lob it in the pot.
- (sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
- (obsolete, transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.
- French: lancer haut, lancer en chandelle, lobber, faire un lob
- Italian: tirare un pallonetto
lob (plural lobs)
- (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
- The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
- French: lob
- Italian: pallonetto
lob (plural lobs)
- A lump.
- (obsolete) A country bumpkin; a yokel.
- A clumsy person.
- The person who comes last in a race.
- A lobworm.
lob (plural lobs)
- A fish, the European pollock.
lob (lobs, present participle lobbing; past and past participle lobbed)
- (mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).
LOB
Noun
lob (plural lobs)
Translations- French: LOB
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