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Lob Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lob? [n] the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc [n] an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc [v] propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lob: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lob: boost \| bowl \| buoy up \| cast \| cast up \| catapult \| chuck \| chunk \| dart \| dash \| elevate \| erect \| escalate \| fire \| fling \| flip \| fork \| heave \| heft \| heighten \| heist \| hike \| hoick \| hoist \| hold up \| hurl \| hurtle \| jerk \| jerk up \| knock up \| lance \| launch \| let fly \| levitate \| lift \| lift up \| loft \| pass \| peg \| pelt \| perk up \| pitch \| pitchfork \| put \| put the shot \| raise \| raise up \| rear \| rear up \| rise \| serve \| set up \| shy \| sky \| sling \| snap \| stick up \| throw \| throw up \| tilt \| toss \| up \| upbuoy \| upcast \| upheave \| uphoist \| uphold \| uplift \| upraise \| uprear \| upthrow See Also \| actuation \| propulsion \| return \| throw Lob In Webster's Dictionary \Lob\, n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. {Looby}, {Lubber}.] 1. A dull, heavy person. `` Country lobs.'' --Gauden. 2. Something thick and heavy. \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lobbing}.] To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak. {To lob a ball} (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air. \Lob\, v. t. (Mining) See {Cob}, v. t. \Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.) The European pollock. \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.

Lob Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lob?

[n] the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
[n] an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
[v] propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lob:

See Also | actuation | propulsion | return | throw

Lob In Webster's Dictionary

\Lob\, n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a
blockhead. Cf. {Looby}, {Lubber}.]
1. A dull, heavy person. `` Country lobs.'' --Gauden.

2. Something thick and heavy.


\Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lobbing}.]
To let fall heavily or lazily.

      And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak.

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


\Lob\, v. t. (Mining)
See {Cob}, v. t.


\Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European pollock.


\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.

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