Lob

[lɒb] or [lɑb]

Definition

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

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

(verb.) propel in a high arc; 'lob the tennis ball'.

Checker: Spenser--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A dull, heavy person.

(n.) Something thick and heavy.

(v. t.) To let fall heavily or lazily.

(v. t.) See Cob, v. t.

(n.) The European pollock.

Edited by Aaron

Definition

n. a clumsy person the last in a race: a lobworm: the coal-fish: at cricket a long slow ball: something thick and heavy.—v.t. to throw gently slowly or with underhand delivery: at lawn-tennis to strike the ball high over an opponent's head into the end of the court: to hang wearily down.—n. Lobs′pound a prison.—Lob lie by the fire Milton's lubber-fiend a brownie who works by night for his bowl of cream.

Editor: Sonya