verb trans
to throw or, hit, or propel (e.g. a ball) gently or in a high arc
in sports, to hit or kick the ball over (an opponent) in a high arc
She lobbed him as he came in to the net
to hit a ball easily in a high arc, esp in tennis, squash, etc
obsolete lob pollock, later ‘lout, loosely hanging object’ prob of Low German or Flemish origin. The verb originally meant ‘to behave like a lout’, hence ‘to move or to throw something clumsily or carelessly’