lob

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
2. (colloquial, transitive) To throw.
3. (colloquial, transitive) To put, place.
4. (transitive) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.
6. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To reach or arrive at (a place).

Noun

A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.

Noun

1. A lump.
2. (obsolete) A country bumpkin; a yokel.
3. A clumsy person.
4. The person who comes last in a race.
5. A lob-worm.

Noun

A fish, the European pollock.

Noun

A long bob haircut.

Noun

A form of fraud in which a person asks for change in a shop, palms some of the coins, and tells the shopkeeper that he has not given them enough.

Conceptes

globus

bombar

volea

fer un globus

Sinònims

fling

project

throw

hurl

pitch

cast

toss

up-and-under

heave

chuck

propel

sling

launch

pop-fly

candle

🕯️

catapult

drop

loft

plop

pop

pop-up

pop fly

a clumsy person

barrage

Traduccions

lob

pallonetto

lober

Lob

βλάχος

χωριάτης

chandelle

🅰️

havaya vurulan top

faire un lob

lancer en chandelle

lancer haut

αγροίκος

περπατώ

αργοκινούμαι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɒb/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lob

Heretat de anglès antic: *lobb

Cognat amb danès: lobbes

Cognat amb anglès antic: loppe

Cognat amb danès: lubbe

In summary

First attested late 16th c. in the sense "allow or cause to dangle, hang," from sense 2.