Definition of "lob" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

   • The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
   • The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.

2. (transitive, colloquial) To throw.

3. (transitive, colloquial) To put, place.

   • Lob the bacon in the pot.

4. (transitive, sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.

6. (Australia, intransitive, informal) To reach or arrive at (a place).

noun

1. (ball games) A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.

   • The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.

noun

1. A lump.

2. (obsolete) 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. (UK, slang, obsolete) 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.