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Share This lob 1 Audio Help / lɒb / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ lob ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, lobbed, lob·bing, noun –verb (used with object) 1. Tennis .
2. to fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.
3. Cricket .
4. to throw (something) slowly in an arc.
–verb (used without object)
–noun 6. Tennis .
7. Cricket .
8. British Dialect .
[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.
]
—Related forms lobber, noun
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lobbed , lob·bing , lobs
tr.
lob a beach ball; lob a tennis shot over an opponent's head.
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.pollack, lout , probably of Low German origin .]
lob'ber n.
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"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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Share This 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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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\, 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\, 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\, v. t. (Mining) See
Cob , v. t.
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Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.) The European pollock.
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Loo"by\, n.; pl.
Loobies . [Cf.
Lob .] An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. --Swift.
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