to lob a ball

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to lob a ball - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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