lob

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
2. (colloquial) To throw.
3. (colloquial) To put, place.
4. To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
5. (obsolete) To let fall heavily or lazily.

Noun

A pass or stroke which arches 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.

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

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.