lob

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Lob

Kerze

🕯️

lupfen

lüpfen

Lupfer

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

lob

pallonetto

lober

βλάχος

αργοκινούμαι

χωριάτης

chandelle

🅰️

havaya vurulan top

faire un lob

lancer en chandelle

lancer haut

lobber

globus

αγροίκος

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/lɒb/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: lob

Geerbt von Altenglisch: *lobb

Verwandt mit Dänisch: lobbes

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: loppe

Verwandt mit Dänisch: lubbe

In summary

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