Definitions of lob [ɒb]

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Definition of 'lob'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) lob
to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court in tennis.

2.  lob
to fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.

3.  lob
to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion in cricket.

4.  lob
to throw (something) slowly in an arc.

5. (v.i.) lob
to lob a ball.

6. (n.) lob
a lobbed ball.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person)

Definition of 'lob'

Princeton's WordNet

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

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

3. (verb) lob
propel in a high arc
"lob the tennis ball"

Definition of 'lob'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) lob
a dull, heavy person

2. (noun) lob
something thick and heavy

3. (noun) lob
the European pollock

4. (verb) lob
to let fall heavily or lazily

5. (verb) lob
see Cob, v. t

Translation of 'lob'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a slow, high throw, hit etc of a ball etc.
Afrikaans: hooggeslaan	Arabic: كُرة تِنِس أو كريكيت مَقْ	Bulgarian: висока/бавна топка
Brazilian: jogada	Czech: lob	German: der Lobball
Danish: lob	Greek: ψηλοκρεμαστή μπαλιά	Spanish: lob, globo
Estonian: küünalpall	Farsi: ضربه آرام و قوسی	Finnish: kohopallo
French: lob	Hebrew: הַקשָתָה	Hindi: ऊपर फेंका हुआ गेंद
Croatian: lob	Hungarian: átemelés	Indonesian: lambungan
Icelandic: hátt kast/skot	Italian: pallonetto	Japanese: ロブ
Korean: 높고 느린 공	Lithuanian: lėtas ir aukštas kamuoli(	Latvian: augstu padota bumba/serve
Malay: pukul tinggi	Dutch: lob	Norwegian: høy ball, lobb
Polish: lob	Persian: ضربه آرام و قوسی	Pashto: د توپ ګوزار
Portuguese: jogada	Romanian: lob	Russian: свеча
Slovak: lob, lobovaná lopta	Slovenian: lob	Serbian: udarac
Swedish: lobb	Thai: การตีลูกโด่ง	Turkish: havaya doğru vurulan top
Taiwanese: 高吊球	Ukrainian: високо підкинутий м'яч	Urdu: اونچی قوس بناتے ہوئے پھین
Vietnamese: quả lốp (quần vợt)	Chinese: 高球
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