lob
verb/lɒb/
/lɑːb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lob | /lɒb/ /lɑːb/ |
| he / she / it lobs | /lɒbz/ /lɑːbz/ |
| past simple lobbed | /lɒbd/ /lɑːbd/ |
| past participle lobbed | /lɒbd/ /lɑːbd/ |
| -ing form lobbing | /ˈlɒbɪŋ/ /ˈlɑːbɪŋ/ |
- lob something + adv./prep. (informal) to throw something so that it goes quite high through the air
- Stones were lobbed over the wall.
- They were lobbing stones over the wall.
Synonyms throwthrowtoss ▪ hurl ▪ fling ▪ chuck ▪ lob ▪ bowl ▪ pitchThese words all mean to send something from your hand through the air.throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:- Some kids were throwing stones at the window.
- She threw the ball and he caught it.
- She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
- Rioters hurled a brick through the car’s windscreen.
- She flung the letter down onto the table.
- I chucked him the keys.
- They were lobbing stones over the wall.
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch something at/to somebody/something
- to throw/toss/fling/chuck something aside/away
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling something angrily
- to throw/toss something casually/carelessly
- (sport) to hit or kick a ball in a high curve through the air, especially so that it lands behind the person you are playing against
- lob something (+ adv./prep.) He lobbed the ball over the defender's head.
- lob somebody She managed to lob the keeper.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the senses ‘cause or allow to hang heavily’ and ‘behave like a lout’): from the archaic noun lob ‘lout’, ‘pendulous object’, probably from Low German or Dutch (compare with modern Dutch lubbe ‘hanging lip’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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