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Definitions for Lob

[1] Tennis . to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
[2] to fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.
[3] Cricket . to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion.
[4] to throw (something) slowly in an arc.
[5] Tennis . to lob a ball.
[6] Tennis . a ball hit in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
[7] Cricket . a ball bowled with a slow underhand motion.
[8] British Dialect . a slow, heavy, dull-witted person.
[9] lobworm.
[10] a ball struck in a high arc
[11] cricket a ball bowled in a slow high arc
[12] to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc
[13] informal to throw, esp in a high arc
[14] short for lobworm

Words related to Lob

flip, loft, hurl, project, launch, chuck, propel, pitch

Words nearby Lob

loathing, loathly, loathsome, loaves, loaves and fishes, lob, lobachevski, lobachevsky, lobar, lobar pneumonia, lobate

Origin of Lob

11325–75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob (Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, orig. pollack; Old English: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.

Other words from Lob

lob·ber , noun

Word origin for Lob

C17 (in the sense: pendulous object): related to lob 1

Synonyms for Lob

flip, hurl, loft, chuck, launch, pitch, project, propel