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Definition: To lob a ball
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.
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To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send
it up into the air.
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