lob

(Engels)

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɒb/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lob

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *lobb

Verwant aan Deens: lobbes

Verwant aan Oudengels: loppe

Verwant aan Deens: lubbe

In summary

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

Concepten

lob

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

lob

pallonetto

Lob

lober

βλάχος

χωριάτης

περπατώ

globus

αγροίκος

lancer haut

faire un lob

αργοκινούμαι

chandelle

🅰️

lancer en chandelle

lobber