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–verb (used with object)

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.

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

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

–verb (used without object)

5.	Tennis. to lob a ball.

–noun

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

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

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

[Origin: 1325–75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob (ME lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, orig. pollack; OE: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); c. MLG, MD lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.

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—Related forms

lobber, noun

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–noun

lobworm.

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lob Audio Help   (lŏb) Pronunciation Key
v.   lobbed, lob·bing, lobs

v.   tr.
To hit, throw, or propel in a high arc: lob a beach ball; lob a tennis shot over an opponent's head.

v.   intr.

To hit a ball in a high arc.
To move heavily or clumsily.

A ball hit, thrown, or propelled in a high arc.
Slang A clumsy dull person; a lout.

[From Middle English, pollack, lout, probably of Low German origin.]

lob'ber n.

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lob (v.)

"send up in a slow, high arc," 1824 (implied in lobbing), but the word existed 16c. in various senses suggesting "heavy, pendant, or floppy things," and is probably ult. from an unrecorded O.E. word; cf. E.Fris. lobbe "hanging lump of flesh," Du. lob "hanging lip, ruffle, hanging sleeve," Dan. lobbes "clown, bumpkin."

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lob
noun
1.	an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
2.	the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
verb
1.	propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"

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lob [lob] noun

a slow, high throw, hit etc of a ball etc

Arabic:	كُرة تِنِس أو كريكيت مَقْذوفَه بِبُطء
Chinese (Simplified):	高球
Chinese (Traditional):	高球
Czech:	lob
Danish:	lob
Dutch:	lob
Estonian:	küünalpall
Finnish:	korkea pallo
French:	lob
German:	der Lobball
Greek:	ψηλοκρεμαστή μπαλιά
Hungarian:	átemelés
Icelandic:	hátt kast, *skot
Indonesian:	lambungan
Italian:	pallonetto

Japanese:	ロブ
Korean:	로브(테니스에서의 높고 느린 타구)
Latvian:	augstu padota bumba, *serve
Lithuanian:	lėtas ir aukštas kamuoli(uk)o mušimas, *metimas
Norwegian:	høy ball, lobb
Polish:	lob
Portuguese (Brazil):	bolada alta e lenta
Portuguese (Portugal):	jogada
Romanian:	lob
Russian:	свеча
Slovak:	lob, lobovaná lopta
Slovenian:	lob
Spanish:	lob, globo
Swedish:	lobb
Turkish:	havaya doğru vurulan top

lob [lob] verb

to throw or strike (a ball etc) so that it moves high and slowly
Example: He lobbed the ball over the net.

Arabic:	يُلْقي الكُره في الهَواء بِبُطْء
Chinese (Simplified):	以高吊方式打出，打缓慢的球
Chinese (Traditional):	打高球，打緩慢的球
Czech:	lobovat
Danish:	lobbe
Dutch:	lobben
Estonian:	küünalpalli lööma
Finnish:	lyödä korkealle
French:	faire un lob
German:	hoch schlagen
Greek:	ρίχνω ψηλοκρεμαστά
Hungarian:	átemel
Icelandic:	kasta, *slá bolta í háan sveig
Indonesian:	melambungkan
Italian:	fare un pallonetto*

Japanese:	ロブする
Korean:	공을 로브하다
Latvian:	augstu servēt bumbu
Lithuanian:	lėtai ir aukštai mušti, mesti kamuolį, kamuoliuką
Norwegian:	lobbe, slå en høy ball
Polish:	odbić wysokim łukiem, przelobować
Portuguese (Brazil):	dar uma bolada alta e lenta
Portuguese (Portugal):	mandar
Romanian:	a face un lob
Russian:	подавать свечу
Slovak:	lobovať
Slovenian:	visoko vreči žogo
Spanish:	hacer un lob, hacer un globo
Swedish:	lobba
Turkish:	havaya doğru vurmak

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Lob

Lob\, n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber.]

1. A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." --Gauden.

2. Something thick and heavy.

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Lob

Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.] To let fall heavily or lazily.

And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak.

To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.

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Lob

Lob\, v. t. (Mining) See Cob, v. t.

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Lob

Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.) The European pollock.

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Lob

Loo"by\, n.; pl. Loobies. [Cf. Lob.] An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. --Swift.

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Lub"ber\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See Looby, Lob.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. --Tusser.

Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land.

Lubber grasshopper (Zo["o]l.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and Romalea microptera, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida.

Lubber's hole (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. --Totten.

Lubber's line, point, or mark, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering.

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Lob

Lob\, n. The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player at the net.

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lob

Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.

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lob

Pol"lock\, n. [See Pollack.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.

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