LOB

lob

(noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc

lob

(noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

lob

(verb) propel in a high arc; “lob the tennis ball”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

lob (third-person singular simple present lobs, present participle lobbing, simple past and past participle lobbed)

To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.

(colloquial) To throw.

(colloquial) To put, place

(sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.

(obsolete, transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.

Noun

lob (plural lobs)

(ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.

Etymology 2

Noun

lob (plural lobs)

A lump.

(obsolete) A country bumpkin; a yokel.

A clumsy person.

The person who comes last in a race.

A lobworm.

Etymology 3

Noun

lob (plural lobs)

A fish, the European pollock.

Etymology 4

Verb

lob (third-person singular simple present lobs, present participle lobbing, simple past and past participle lobbed)

(mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).

Anagrams

• Bol., LBO, bol

Noun

LOB (plural LOBs)

(databases) Abbreviation of large object.

line of business

Anagrams

• Bol., LBO, bol

Source: Wiktionary

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Lob, n. Etym: [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber.]

1. A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." Gauden.

2. Something thick and heavy.

Lob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.]

Definition: To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak. To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.

Lob, v. t. (Mining)

Definition: See Cob, v. t.

Lob, n. Etym: [Dan. lubbe.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The European pollock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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