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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.
[Originally, to act like a lout, hang heavily, move clumsily, from lob, lout, something heavy and pendulous, lump, from Middle English lob, pollack, lout; akin to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch lobbe, lubbe, hanging lip, probably ultimately of imitative origin.]
lob′ber n.
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lob
(lɒb) sportn
1. (General Sporting Terms) a ball struck in a high arc
2. (Cricket) cricket a ball bowled in a slow high arc
vb, lobs, lobbing or lobbed
3. to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc
4. informal to throw, esp in a high arc
[C14: probably of Low German origin, originally in the sense: something dangling; compare Middle Low German lobbe hanging lower lip, Old English loppe spider]
lob
(lɒb)n
(Animals) short for lobworm
[C17 (in the sense: pendulous object): related to lob1]
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lob
(lɒb)v. lobbed, lob•bing,
n. v.t.
1. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court in tennis.
2. to fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.
3. to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion in cricket.
4. to throw (something) slowly in an arc.
v.i. 5. to lob a ball.
n. 6. a lobbed ball.
[1325–75; Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person]
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lob
- Comes from an old noun meaning "something pendulous."See also related terms for lout.
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lob
Past participle: lobbed
Gerund: lobbing
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| Noun | 1. |  lob - an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arcreturn - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" |
| 2. | lob - the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling | |
| Verb | 1. | lob - propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball" throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" |
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lob
verb (Informal) throw, launch, toss, hurl, lift, pitch, shy (informal), fling, loft The protestors were chanting and lobbing firebombs.
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Translations
كُرة تِنِس أو كريكيت مَقْذوفَه بِبُطءيُلْقي الكُره في الهَواء بِبُطْء
loblobovat
loblobbe
átemelátemelés
hátt kast/skotkasta/slá bolta í háan sveig
augstu padota bumba/serveaugstu servēt bumbu
loblobovať
havaya doğru vurmakhavaya doğru vurulan top
lob
[lɒb]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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lob
vt ball → im Lob spielen, lobben; he lobbed the grenade over the wall → er warf die Granate im hohen Bogen über die Mauer; to lob something over to somebody → jdm etw zuwerfen; lob it over! → wirf es herüber!
vi (Tennis) → lobben
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lob
(lob) noun a slow, high throw, hit etc of a ball etc.
verb – past tense, past participle lobbed – to throw or strike (a ball etc) so that it moves high and slowly. He lobbed the ball over the net.
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