lob

See also LOB, and Lob

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lŏb, IPA: /lɒb/, SAMPA: /lQb/
• Rhymes: -ɒb

Etymology 1

Verb

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

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

   The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.

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

2. (colloquial) To throw.
3. (colloquial) To put, place

   Lob it in the pot.

4. (sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
   • 2011 January 15, Nabil Hassan, “Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham”, BBC:

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

Translations

to throw or hit a ball high into the air

Finnish: heittää / lyödä / iskeä / potkaista kaaripallo (fi)

French: lancer haut, lancer en chandelle, lobber, faire un lob Swedish: lobba (sv)

Noun

lob (plural lobs)

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

   The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.

   • 2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, BBC:

     Peter Lovenkrands went close for the Magpies, hitting the bar with a fine lob after he had been played in by the excellent Jose Enrique on the left.

Derived terms

• lob wedge

Translations

high-arching pass or stroke

Finnish: kaari (fi), kaaripallo (fi) French: lob (fr) m.

Swedish: lobb (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

lob (plural lobs)

1. a lump
   • 1875, M.L. Kenny, The fortunes of Maurice Cronin^[1], page 126:

     And, moreover, I had no sooner set my eyes on the keys, than I remembered where there was a lob of money lying in Purcell's safe, that I --

2. (obsolete) a country bumpkin, clown
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II Scene I:

     Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon.

   • 1694, Peter Anthony Motteux, The Fourth Book, translation of original by Rabelais, Chapter XLVII:

     THE country lob trudged home very much concerned and thoughtful, you may swear; insomuch that his good woman, seeing him thus look moping, weened that something had been stolen from him at market […]

Translations

lump — see lump

See also

• lop

Anagrams

• LBO

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek

Noun

lob f. and m. (plural lobben, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. (anatomy, botany) a lobe or a lobule

Derived terms

• zaadlob
• eenzaadlobbig

Etymology 2

From English

Noun

lob f. and m. (plural lobs, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. a lob (of a ball)

Related terms

• lobben

Verb

lob

1. first-person singular present indicative of lobben.
2. imperative of lobben.

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

lob m. (plural lobs)

1. (tennis) lob

Anagrams

• bol

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Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

lob m. inv.

1. lob (in ball games)

Synonyms

• pallonetto

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luban.

Noun

lob n.

1. praise

Descendants

• German: Lob