LOB (lobbed, lobbing)

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Irregular inflected forms: lobbed    , lobbing   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lob mean? 

• LOB (noun)
  The noun LOB has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: LOB used as a noun is rare.

• LOB (verb)
  The verb LOB has 1 sense:

1. propel in a high arc

  Familiarity information: LOB used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lob" is a kind of...):

return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)

Derivation:

lob (propel in a high arc)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lob" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Derivation:

lob (propel in a high arc)

• LOB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lob    ... he / she / it lobs   
Past simple: lobbed   
Past participle: lobbed   
-ing form: lobbing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Propel in a high arc

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

lob the tennis ball

Hypernyms (to "lob" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lob (the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc)

lob (an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc)