- a ball struck in a high arc
- a ball bowled in a slow high arc
- to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc
- informal to throw, esp in a high arc
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
lob1 /lɑb/USA pronunciation
v., lobbed, lob•bing, n.
v.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026v.
- Sportto hit (a ball) in a high curve to the back of the opponent's court in tennis: [~ + object]lobbed the ball.[no object]lobbing five times in the first set.
- Military[~ + object] to fire or hurl (something, as a missile or a shell) in a high curve so that it drops onto a target.
n. [countable]
- Sporta lobbed ball:a shallow lob.
lob1
(lob),USA pronunciation v., lobbed, lob•bing, n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
lob′ber, n.
lob2 (lob),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
- Sport[Tennis.]to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- Militaryto fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target.
- Sport[Cricket.]to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion.
- Sportto throw (something) slowly in an arc.
v.i.
- [Tennis.]to lob a ball.
n.
- Sport[Tennis.]a ball hit in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- [Cricket.]a ball bowled with a slow underhand motion.
- British Termsa slow, heavy, dull-witted person.
- 1325–75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob (Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, origin, originally pollack; Old English: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.
lob2 (lob),USA pronunciation n.
- Invertebrateslobworm.
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lob /lɒb/ n
lob /lɒb/ n
- short for lobworm
'lob' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
loblolly
- lobscouse
- lobworm
- lop
- lubber
- chicken lobster
- lobber
- lobby
- lobbyist
- loblolly bay
- loblolly boy
- loblolly pine
- lobster
- lobster Newburg
- lobster pot
- lobster roll
- lobster shift
- lobster-tail helmet
- lobster thermidor
- lobtail
- lobular pump
- lobulate
- looby
- loupe
- moonball
- rock lobster
- wing
- spiny lobster