lob
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈläb 
dialectal British
: a dull heavy person : lout
lob
2 of 4verb
lobbed; lobbing
transitive verb
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 4noun (2)
: a soft high-arching shot, throw, or kick
lob-
4 of 4combining form
variants or lobo-
: lobe
lobar
lobotomy
Synonyms
Verb
- cast
- catapult
- chuck
- dash
- fire
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- hurtle
- launch
- loft
- peg
- pelt
- pitch
- sling
- throw
- toss
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Example Sentences
Verb She lobbed a throw to the pitcher. The soldier lobbed a grenade into the bunker. He lobbed the ball over his opponent's head.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
probably of Low German origin; akin to Low German lubbe coarse person
Verb
lob a loosely hanging object
Combining form
lobe
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1508, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
1851, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
lob 1 of 2
verb
ˈläb
lobbed; lobbing
: to send (as a ball) in a high arc by hitting or throwing easily
lob
2 of 2noun
: an act of throwing or hitting (as a ball) in a high arc
lobbing
verb
as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy Synonyms & Similar Words
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- throwing
- hurling
- tossing
- flinging
- slinging
- firing
- launching
- chucking
- pelting
- lofting
- hurtling
- bowling
- casting
- heaving
- catapulting
- pegging
- pitching
- darting
- dashing
- flipping
- gunning
- rolling
- letting fly
- thrusting
- projecting
- propelling
- ejecting
- precipitating
- hooking
- passing
- shooting
- rifling
- bucking
- impelling