Lob meaning
To hit, throw, or propel in a high arc.
Lob a beach ball; lob a tennis shot over an opponent's head.
verb
To hit a ball in a high arc.
verb
To move heavily or clumsily.
verb
A ball hit, thrown, or propelled in a high arc.
noun
A clumsy dull person; a lout.
noun
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A big, slow, clumsy person.
noun
A soft underhand toss.
noun
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.
noun
To throw, toss, etc. in a high curve.
verb
To move heavily and clumsily.
verb
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To lob a ball.
verb
Origin of lob
Originally, to act like a lout, hang heavily, move clumsily from lob lout, something heavy and pendulous, lump from Middle English lob pollack, lout Middle Low German Middle Dutch lobbe, lubbe hanging lip, probably ultimately of imitative origin