lob

(Inglés)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɒb/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: lob

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *lobb

Cognado con danés: lobbes

Cognado con inglés antiguo: loppe

Cognado con danés: lubbe

In summary

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

Conceptos

lob

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

lob

pallonetto

Lob

lober

βλάχος

χωριάτης

περπατώ

globus

αγροίκος

lancer haut

faire un lob

αργοκινούμαι

chandelle

🅰️

lancer en chandelle

lobber