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- Dictionarylob/lɒb/
verb
- 1. throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc: "he lobbed the ball over their heads"
noun
- 1. (in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent, or a stroke producing this result: "Federer played a lob and Nadal's high volley was in the net"
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LOB definition: 1. to throw something so that it goes high in the air in a curve: 2. (in some sports) to hit…. Learn more.
1. : to let hang heavily : droop. 2. : to throw, hit, or propel easily or in a high arc. 3. : to direct (something, such as a question or comment) so as to elicit a response. intransitive verb. 1. a. : to move slowly and heavily. b. : to move in an arc. 2. : to hit a tennis ball easily in a high arc. lob. 3 of 4. noun (2)
n. 1. (General Sporting Terms) a ball struck in a high arc. 2. (Cricket) cricket a ball bowled in a slow high arc. vb, lobs, lobbing or lobbed. 3. to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc. 4. informal to throw, esp in a high arc.
When you lob something, you throw it up very high. If you lob a baseball from the outfield to the pitcher, you hurl it in an arc that ends right where the pitcher can catch it.
to hit or throw something, esp. a ball, in a high curve: Smith lobbed a perfect pass over the basket to Watkins. (Definition of lob from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of lob. lob. The other guys throw low blows, or lob pitches at the batters' heads, and your team can do the same.
Lob definition: to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.. See examples of LOB used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a ball struck in a high arc. 2. cricket. a ball bowled in a slow high arc. verb Word forms: lobs, lobbing, lobbed. 3. to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc. 4. informal. to throw, esp in a high arc. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
noun. A big, slow, clumsy person. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A stroke in which the ball is sent high into the air, usually so as to drop into the back of the opponent's court. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
lob meaning, definition, what is lob: to throw something somewhere, especially...: Learn more.
noun Something thick and heavy. transitive verb To let fall heavily or lazily. transitive verb to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory. transitive verb (Lawn Tennis) to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air. noun The act of lobbing.
