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Entry 7 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Lob

/(lŏb)/ · IPA /lɒb/
01 n. A dull, heavy person.
  1. 1.
    A dull, heavy person.
  2. 2.
    Something thick and heavy.
02 v. t. To let fall heavily or lazily.
imp. & p. p. Lobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing
  1. 1.
    To let fall heavily or lazily.
    “And their poor jades Lob down their heads.” Shak.
  2. 2.
    to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; as, to lob a grenade at the enemy.
Phrases & compounds
To lob a ball — to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.
03 v. t. See Cob, v. t.
  1. 1.
    See Cob, v. t.(Mining) See: Cob
04 n. The European pollock.
  1. 1.
    The European pollock.(Zool.)
05 n. The act of lobbing;
  1. 1.
    The act of lobbing;