Lob (?), n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber.]
1.
A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." Gauden.
2.
Something thick and heavy.
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Lob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.]
To let fall heavily or lazily.
And their poor jades
Lob down their heads.
Shak.
To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.
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Lob, v. t. (Mining)
See Cob, v. t.
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Lob, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zoöl.)
The European pollock.
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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.
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