Associations to the word «Lob»

Wiktionary

LOB, verb. To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
LOB, verb. (colloquial) To throw.
LOB, verb. (colloquial) To put, place
LOB, verb. (sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
LOB, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.
LOB, noun. (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
LOB, noun. A lump
LOB, noun. (obsolete) a country bumpkin, clown
LOB, noun. A fish, the European pollock.
LOB, verb. (mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).
LOB, noun. (computing) (databases) Abbreviation of Oracle large object.
LOB JAM, noun. (basketball) (rare) alley oop
LOB WEDGE, noun. (golf) A golf club (an iron) which provides maximum loft.
LOB WEDGES, noun. Plural of lob wedge
LOB WORM, noun. Alternative form of lob-worm

Dictionary definition

LOB, noun. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
LOB, noun. The act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc.
LOB, verb. Propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope