English Explanatory Dictionary

lob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
  2. To throw.
  3. To put, place.
  4. To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
  5. To let fall heavily or lazily.
  6. To reach or arrive at (a place).
noun
  1. A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.
noun
  1. A lump.
  2. A country bumpkin; a yokel.
  3. A clumsy person.
  4. The person who comes last in a race.
  5. A lob-worm.
noun
  1. A fish, the European pollock.
noun
  1. A long bob haircut.
noun
  1. A form of fraud in which a person asks for change in a shop, palms some of the coins, and tells the shopkeeper that he has not given them enough.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of large object.
  2. Initialism of line of business.
  3. Initialism of limit order book, an order book of limit orders.
  4. Initialism of live on board (i.e. liveaboard)

Pronunciation

lŏb /lɒb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lob.wav

Word forms

lob lobs lobbing lobbed the lob

Etymology

First attested late 16th c. in the sense "allow or cause to dangle, hang," from sense 2.

Synonyms

fling hurl bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy slight skew sling thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip whop wing lay lay down put down set down deposit bogger bogtrotter boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hick

Related words

lob-crawling lob-sneaking lob-on

Derived words

lob jam lob wedge hoblob BLOB CLOB
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