lob
lob definition
lob (läb)
noun
- Brit., Dialectal a big, slow, clumsy person
- Cricket a slow underhand throw
- 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
intransitive verb
- to move heavily and clumsily: often with along
- to lob a ball
Related Forms:
- lobber lob′·ber noun
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