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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lob1 /lɑb/USA pronunciation v., lobbed, lob•bing, n. v. - Sportto hit (a ball) in a high curve to the back of the opponent's court in tennis: [~ + object]lobbed the ball.[no object]lobbing five times in the first set.
- Military[~ + object] to fire or hurl (something, as a missile or a shell) in a high curve so that it drops onto a target.
n. [countable] - Sporta lobbed ball:a shallow lob.
lob•ber, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lob1 (lob),USA pronunciation v., lobbed, lob•bing, n. v.t. - Sport[Tennis.]to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- Militaryto fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.
- Sport[Cricket.]to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion.
- Sportto throw (something) slowly in an arc.
v.i. - [Tennis.]to lob a ball.
n. - Sport[Tennis.]a ball hit in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- [Cricket.]a ball bowled with a slow underhand motion.
- British Termsa slow, heavy, dull-witted person.
- 1325–75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob (Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, origin, originally pollack; Old English: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.
- Invertebrateslobworm.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lob /lɒb/ n - a ball struck in a high arc
- a ball bowled in a slow high arc
vb (lobs, lobbing, lobbed)- to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc
- informal to throw, esp in a high arc
Etymology: 14th Century: probably of Low German origin, originally in the sense: something dangling; compare Middle Low German lobbe hanging lower lip, Old English loppe spider |