Lob

Quick meaning: Lob is a verb meaning (transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Lob the bacon in the pot.

And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.

The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.

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

Word Forms

• lobs
• lobbing
• lobbed

Synonyms for lob

Depending on context, synonyms include fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lobate, compound, toss, lop, business, eaw.

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