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lob - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lob'

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
    • The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
    The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
  • (colloquial) To throw.
  • (colloquial) To put, place
    • Lob it in the pot.
  • (sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
  • * {{quote-news
    • |year=2011 |date=January 15 |author=Nabil Hassan |title=Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham |work=BBC citation |page= |passage=Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post. }}
  • (obsolete) To let fall heavily or lazily.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (ball sports ) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
    • The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
  • * {{quote-news
    • |year=2011 |date=February 12 |author=Nabil Hassan |title=Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle |work=BBC citation |page= |passage=Peter Lovenkrands went close for the Magpies, hitting the bar with a fine lob after he had been played in by the excellent Jose Enrique on the left. }}
    Derived terms
    * lob wedge

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a lump
  • * {{quote-book|year=1875|author=M.L. Kenny|title=The fortunes of Maurice Cronin|page=126 citation
    • |passage=And, moreover, I had no sooner set my eyes on the keys, than I remembered where there was a lob of money lying in Purcell's safe, that I -- }}
  • (obsolete) a country bumpkin, clown
  • * {{quote-book|1594||section=Act II Scene I
    • |passage=Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon. }}
  • * {{quote-book|1694|
    • |passage=THE country lob trudged home very much concerned and thoughtful, you may swear; insomuch that his good woman, seeing him thus look moping, weened that something had been stolen from him at market

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) lubbe.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A fish, the European pollock.

    • Etymology 4

    Verb

    (lobb)
  • (mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).
    • (Webster 1913)

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    Similar to 'lob'

    lab, lb, lib, lhb, loob