Lob

/lɒb/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
2. (transitive, colloquial) To throw.
3. (transitive, colloquial) To put, place.
4. (transitive, sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.
6. (Australia, intransitive, informal) To reach or arrive at (a place).
7. (ball games) A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.
8. A lump.

Example Sentences

The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.

The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.

In the months leading up to the election, government representatives took up a cybercrime case against Thanathorn for criticising the government on a Facebook Live video... They also lobbed more legal cases at his party for allegedly spreading false information.

I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.

Lob the bacon in the pot.

Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post.

And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.

So with great trepidation we lobbed at the theatre and were escorted to our seats[.]

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Word Forms

• lobs
• lobbing
• lobbed
• the lob

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