noun

1. Brit., Dialectal a big, slow, clumsy person
2. Cricket a slow underhand throw
3. Tennis 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

Etymology: ME lobbe- (in lobbe-keling, large codfish), heavy, thick, akin to OE lobbe, spider, EFris, MLowG lobbe, hanging lump of flesh, OHG luppa, lumpy mass < IE base (s)leubh-, to hang loosely > sloven

transitive verb lobbed, lobbing lob′·bing

intransitive verb

1. to move heavily and clumsily: often with along
2. to lob a ball