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lob1    Audio Help   [lob] Pronunciation Key verb, lobbed, lob·bing, noun
–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.]

lobber, noun
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lob2    Audio Help   [lob] Pronunciation Key
–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.
  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  (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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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