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lob

1

[ lob ]

verb (used with object)

lobbed, lobbing.
  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.


verb (used without object)

lobbed, lobbing.
  1. Tennis. to lob a ball.

noun

  1. Tennis. a ball hit in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
  2. Cricket. a ball bowled with a slow underhand motion.
  3. British Dialect. a slow, heavy, dull-witted person.

lob

2

[ lob ]

noun

lob

1

/ 濒蓲产 /

noun

  1. a ball struck in a high arc
  2. cricket a ball bowled in a slow high arc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc
  2. informal.
    to throw, esp in a high arc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lob

2

/ 濒蓲产 /

noun

  1. short for lobworm
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒辞产顎僢别谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lob1

1325鈥75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob ( Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, originally pollack; Old English: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lob1

C14: probably of Low German origin, originally in the sense: something dangling; compare Middle Low German lobbe hanging lower lip, Old English loppe spider

Origin of lob2

C17 (in the sense: pendulous object): related to lob 1
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A basketball-style finger-roll lob in the direction of a beaten defender against Castres and an extravagant swallow dive against Bristol were two recent efforts.

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鈥淭wo of the best players in the league and then I chose to throw a low, hook-pass lob to a 40-year old,鈥 Reaves said with a laugh.

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It also paired Hayes with Doncic, a maestro when it comes to playing with athletic centers who he can find space for lobs near the rim.

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The game feels a little slower, more reliant on careful lobs than power; it reminds me a little of billiards, though squash is probably padel鈥檚 closest relative.

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O鈥橞rien鈥檚 indirect but scathing comments about Trump echoed his approach as host of the Academy Awards this month, where he lobbed his Trump zinger without speaking the president鈥檚 name.

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