lob

verb

/lɒb/

/lɑːb/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they lob	/lɒb/ /lɑːb/
he / she / it lobs	/lɒbz/ /lɑːbz/
past simple lobbed	/lɒbd/ /lɑːbd/
past participle lobbed	/lɒbd/ /lɑːbd/
-ing form lobbing	/ˈlɒbɪŋ/ /ˈlɑːbɪŋ/

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lob something + adv./prep. (informal) to throw something so that it goes quite high through the air
- Stones were lobbed over the wall.
- They were lobbing stones over the wall.
Synonyms throw
throw
- toss
- hurl
- fling
- chuck
- lob
- bowl
- pitch
These words all mean to send something from your hand through the air.
- throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:
  Some kids were throwing stones at the window.
  She threw the ball and he caught it.
- toss to throw something lightly or carelessly:
  She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
- hurl to throw something violently in a particular direction:
  Rioters hurled a brick through the car’s windscreen.
- fling to throw somebody/something somewhere with a lot of force, especially because you are angry or in a hurry:
  She flung the letter down onto the table.
- chuck (especially British English, informal) to throw something carelessly:
  I chucked him the keys.
- lob (informal) to throw something so that it goes high through the air:
  They were lobbing stones over the wall.
- bowl (in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman
- pitch (in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter
Patterns
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch something at/to somebody/something
- to throw/toss/fling/chuck something aside/away
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling something angrily
- to throw/toss something casually/carelessly
(sport) to hit or kick a ball in a high curve through the air, especially so that it lands behind the person you are playing against
- lob something (+ adv./prep.) He lobbed the ball over the defender's head.
- lob somebody She managed to lob the keeper.
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the senses ‘cause or allow to hang heavily’ and ‘behave like a lout’): from the archaic noun lob ‘lout’, ‘pendulous object’, probably from Low German or Dutch (compare with modern Dutch lubbe ‘hanging lip’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.