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loblob /lɑb/ verb (lobbed, lobbing) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYlobOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from lob loosely hanging object (16-19 centuries), from Low German VERB TABLElob |
Present | I, you, we, they | lob | | he, she, it | lobs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lobbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lobbed | | he, she, it | has lobbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lobbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lob | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lobbed |
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Present | I | am lobbing | | he, she, it | is lobbing | | you, we, they | are lobbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was lobbing | | you, we, they | were lobbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lobbing | | he, she, it | has been lobbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lobbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lobbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lobbing |
THESAURUSthrow a ball/stone etc.► throw to make an object such as a ball move quickly from your hand through the air by moving your arm quickly and letting go of the object: She can throw pretty well for a little girl. ► toss to throw something without much force: She tossed her coat onto the bed. ► hurl to throw something with a lot of force: They hurled a brick through his window. ► fling to throw something somewhere with a lot of force, often in a careless way: He flung her keys into the river. ► pass to throw, kick, or hit a ball to another member of your team: He passed the ball to Jones, who scored. ► pitch to throw the ball to the person who is trying to hit the ball in a game of baseball: Try to pitch the ball right over home plate. ► shoot to throw a ball toward the basket or goal in a sport such as basketball: She dribbled up to the basket, shot and scored! ► lob to throw, hit, or kick something so that it moves slowly in a high curve: He lobbed the ball to the coach. ► cast to throw a fishing net or line into the water. Cast is also used in literary language to mean throw: The fishermen cast their nets into the water. Zeus picked up the boulder and cast it far out into the sea. 1to throw something somewhere in a high curve, especially over a wall, fence, etc.: lob something into/at/over etc. something About 40 demonstrators lobbed eggs over the wall.► see thesaurus at throw12to throw or hit a ball in a slow high curve, especially in a game of tennis: Sampras lobbed the ball high over Chang’s head.—lob noun [countable] |