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lob

1  [lob] verb, lobbed, lob⋅bing, noun
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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.

Related forms:
lobber, noun

lob

2  [lob]
–noun
lobworm.

lob⋅worm

  [lob-wurm]
–noun
the lugworm.
Also called lob.

Origin:
1645–55; dial. lob, earlier lobbe orig., something pendulous (see lob 1 ) + worm
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lob   (lŏb)   
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.
  1. To hit a ball in a high arc.
  2. To move heavily or clumsily.
n.  
  1. A ball hit, thrown, or propelled in a high arc.
  2. 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

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.

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.

Lob

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

Lob

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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lob
Spanish: lob, globo,
German: der Lobball,
Japanese: ロブ
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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