'Lob' definitions:
Definition of 'lob'
(from WordNet)
noun
An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
noun
The act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
verb
Propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
Definition of 'Lob'
From: GCIDE
- Lob \Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zool.) The European pollock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lob'
From: GCIDE
- Lob \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Lob'
From: GCIDE
- Lob \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed (l[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.]
- 2. To let fall heavily or lazily. [1913 Webster]
- And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; as, to lob a grenade at the enemy. [PJC]
- To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lob'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'lob'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'lob'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'lob'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boost,
- bowl,
- buoy up,
- cast,
- cast up,
- catapult,
- chuck,
- chunk,
- dart,
- dash,
- elevate,
- erect,
- escalate,
- fire,
- fling,
- flip,
- fork,
- heave,
- heft,
- heighten,
- heist,
- hike,
- hoick,
- hoist,
- hold up,
- hurl,
- hurtle,
- jerk,
- jerk up,
- knock up,
- lance,
- launch,
- let fly,
- levitate,
- lift,
- lift up,
- loft,
- pass,
- peg,
- pelt,
- perk up,
- pitch,
- pitchfork,
- put,
- put the shot,
- raise,
- raise up,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- serve,
- set up,
- shy,
- sky,
- sling,
- snap,
- stick up,
- throw,
- throw up,
- tilt,
- toss,
- up,
- upbuoy,
- upcast,
- upheave,
- uphoist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- upthrow