lob

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

pallonetto

lob

tirare un pallonetto

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

lob

lober

Lob

βλάχος

περπατώ

χωριάτης

globus

lancer haut

faire un lob

αγροίκος

chandelle

🅰️

αργοκινούμαι

lancer en chandelle

lobber

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɒb/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lob

Ereditato da inglese antico: *lobb

Affine danese: lobbes

Affine inglese antico: loppe

Affine danese: lubbe

In summary

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