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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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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.