Found 2 items, similar to Lob.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lob
lob
v : propel in a high arc;
“lob the tennis ball”
[also:
lobbing,
lobbed]
lob
n 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
[also:
lobbing,
lobbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lob
Lob
\Lob\ (l[o^]b), n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow,
a blockhead. Cf.
Looby,
Lubber.]
1. A dull, heavy person.
“ Country lobs.” --Gauden.
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2. Something thick and heavy.
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Lob
\Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Lobbed (l[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
n.
Lobbing.]
2. To let fall heavily or lazily.
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And their poor jades
Lob down their heads. --Shak.
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2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory;
as, to lob a grenade at the enemy.
[PJC]
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
\Lob\, n.
The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which
sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player
at the net.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]