• enPR: lŏb, IPA: /lɒb/

lob (lobs, present participle lobbing; past and past participle lobbed)

1. 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.

2. (colloquial) To throw.
3. (colloquial) To put, place

   Lob it in the pot.

4. (sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
5. (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)

1. (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)

1. A lump.
2. (obsolete) A country bumpkin; a yokel.
3. A clumsy person.
4. The person who comes last in a race.
5. A lobworm.

lob (plural lobs)

1. A fish, the European pollock.

lob (lobs, present participle lobbing; past and past participle lobbed)

1. (mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).

lob (plural lobs)

1. (databases) Abbreviation of large#English|large object#English|object.
2. line of business

• French: LOB