lob

9 definitions found

lob - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
     little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.)
     (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius   virens
         ). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait,
         leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.
     (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
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  Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See Pollack.] (Zool.)
     A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both
     of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod,
     and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called
     coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.
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  Lob \Lob\ (l[o^]b), n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow,
     a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber.]
     1. A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." --Gauden.
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     2. Something thick and heavy.
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  Lob \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed (l[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
     n. Lobbing.]
     2. To let fall heavily or lazily.
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              And their poor jades
              Lob down their heads.                 --Shak.
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     2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory;
        as, to lob a grenade at the enemy.
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     To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send
        it up into the air.
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  Lob \Lob\, v. t. (Mining)
     See Cob, v. t.
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  Lob \Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zool.)
     The European pollock.
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  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.]

lob - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lob
      n 1: an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
      2: the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in
         a high arc
      v 1: propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"

lob - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "lob":
     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