Meaning of LOB
| Pronunciation: | | lâb
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- [n] the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
- [n] an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
- [v] propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Lob\, n. [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}.]
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)
See {Cob}, v. t.
\Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European pollock.
\Lob\, n.
The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which
sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player
at the net.
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