Lob
verb
To throw or hit in a high arc.
He lobbed the ball over the fence.
Often appears as...
- lob the ball
- lob a grenade
noun
A ball that is lobbed.
He hit a perfect lob to win the point.
Often appears as...
- perfect lob
- high lob
verb
To send a message or computer file electronically.
She lobbed an email to her boss asking for a day off.
Often appears as...
- lob an email
- lob a file
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A simple person.
Don't be such a lob and move!
Often appears as...
- be a lob
- act like a lob
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To throw or hit in a high arc.
He lobbed the ball over the fence.
Often appears as...
- lob the ball
- lob a grenade
noun
A ball that is lobbed.
He hit a perfect lob to win the point.
Often appears as...
- perfect lob
- high lob
verb
To send a message or computer file electronically.
She lobbed an email to her boss asking for a day off.
Often appears as...
- lob an email
- lob a file
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A simple person.
Don't be such a lob and move!
Often appears as...
- be a lob
- act like a lob
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Usage
Often used in sports like tennis or basketball to describe a strategic move.
With a quick flick of his wrist, he lobbed the ball just out of the opponent's reach.
Pro Tip 2/3Soft Touch
The action is gentle, aiming to make the ball travel slowly.
Instead of a strong throw, he lobbed the ball gently to avoid breaking the window.
Pro Tip 3/3High Trajectory
The ball makes a high arc in the air, not a straight or fast line.
She lobbed the ball over the tall tree with ease.
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Usage
Often used in sports like tennis or basketball to describe a strategic move.
With a quick flick of his wrist, he lobbed the ball just out of the opponent's reach.
Pro Tip 2/3Soft Touch
The action is gentle, aiming to make the ball travel slowly.
Instead of a strong throw, he lobbed the ball gently to avoid breaking the window.
Pro Tip 3/3High Trajectory
The ball makes a high arc in the air, not a straight or fast line.
She lobbed the ball over the tall tree with ease.
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Usage
Often used in sports like tennis or basketball to describe a strategic move.
With a quick flick of his wrist, he lobbed the ball just out of the opponent's reach.
Pro Tip 2/3Soft Touch
The action is gentle, aiming to make the ball travel slowly.
Instead of a strong throw, he lobbed the ball gently to avoid breaking the window.
Pro Tip 3/3High Trajectory
The ball makes a high arc in the air, not a straight or fast line.
She lobbed the ball over the tall tree with ease.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
probe bunt and for those of you who don't speak Afrikaans throw means to Mary and a bunt is a band so essentially by giving this to someone you are committing yourself you could essentially say would you marry me with this feather and it is very very common in culture African culture as well and chief lobbing gula who was a head of the
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Thomas Barnett:...
no insurgency. Talk to anybody who was over there in the first six months. We had six months to feel the lob, to get the job done, and we dicked around for six months. And then they turned on us. Why? Because they just got fed up. They saw what we did to Saddam. They said, "You're that powerful, you can resurrect this country.
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Join an archaeological...
now we spent the last few weeks looking at these results and you know what our crowd is awesome we have virtually no false positives we can't say yet whether these sites are completely new or already known that's going to take time but lob averages a lot of them are going
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I grew up in the...
justice, equality, freedom, dignity, prosperity -- but the path we've chosen looks so much like the one I walked away from four years ago. We've broken the world into us and them, only emerging from our bunkers long enough to lob rhetorical grenades at the other camp.
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What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
And my friend who hits these high, looping lobs that smaller players flail at and miss -- well, he wins a lot of points, but I think he's thought of as a loser. In Japan, a game of ping-pong is really like an act of love.
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The “myth” of the...
They come to in a kitchen, captives of a menacing chef. He boils up a pot of water and lobs one of the frogs in. But it’s having none of this. The second its toes hit the scalding water it jumps right out the window.
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Whale of a Meal PIPE...
Peck slapping which may be for communication humpbacks also display other fascinating behaviors like this tail slap otherwise known as the lob tailing the sled may serve as a warning and can be heard
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Antlion Death Trap PIPE...
the antlion makes like a steam shovel lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the pit he burrows into the bottom ready to use those awesome choppers on whatever
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Antlion Death Trap PIPE...
the antlion makes like a steam shovel lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the pit he burrows into the bottom ready to
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Ant Lion Death Trap PIPE...
the antlion makes like a steam shovel lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the pit he burrows into the bottom ready to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
probe bunt and for those of you who don't speak Afrikaans throw means to Mary and a bunt is a band so essentially by giving this to someone you are committing yourself you could essentially say would you marry me with this feather and it is very very common in culture African culture as well and chief lobbing gula who was a head of the
Video examples
Thomas Barnett:...
no insurgency. Talk to anybody who was over there in the first six months. We had six months to feel the lob, to get the job done, and we dicked around for six months. And then they turned on us. Why? Because they just got fed up. They saw what we did to Saddam. They said, "You're that powerful, you can resurrect this country.
Video examples
Join an archaeological...
now we spent the last few weeks looking at these results and you know what our crowd is awesome we have virtually no false positives we can't say yet whether these sites are completely new or already known that's going to take time but lob averages a lot of them are going
Video examples
I grew up in the...
justice, equality, freedom, dignity, prosperity -- but the path we've chosen looks so much like the one I walked away from four years ago. We've broken the world into us and them, only emerging from our bunkers long enough to lob rhetorical grenades at the other camp.
Video examples
What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
And my friend who hits these high, looping lobs that smaller players flail at and miss -- well, he wins a lot of points, but I think he's thought of as a loser. In Japan, a game of ping-pong is really like an act of love.
Video examples
The “myth” of the...
They come to in a kitchen, captives of a menacing chef. He boils up a pot of water and lobs one of the frogs in. But it’s having none of this. The second its toes hit the scalding water it jumps right out the window.
Video examples
Whale of a Meal PIPE...
Peck slapping which may be for communication humpbacks also display other fascinating behaviors like this tail slap otherwise known as the lob tailing the sled may serve as a warning and can be heard
Video examples
Antlion Death Trap PIPE...
the antlion makes like a steam shovel lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the pit he burrows into the bottom ready to use those awesome choppers on whatever
Video examples
Antlion Death Trap PIPE...
the antlion makes like a steam shovel lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the pit he burrows into the bottom ready to
Video examples
Ant Lion Death Trap PIPE...
the antlion makes like a steam shovel lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the pit he burrows into the bottom ready to
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Quote examples
Dennis Bergkamp
Dutch Athlete
When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?
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Gerald Green
American Athlete
As a player you do kind of see you might need to get something going. Maybe it's diving on the ball, diving on the floor for a loose ball. Or maybe it's something that'll just energize the team, a lob dunk or a great pass or a great defensive play or an open shot, anything.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
It seems the most common thing for serial interventionists to do these days is to lob the term 'isolationist' at anyone who does not agree with their latest folly, and then set up a straw man about those people not wanting to be involved in the world.
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Grayson Allen
American Athlete
I got used to throwing a lot of lobs, got used to finding shooters, finding cutters. Each year at Duke I have had to score in different spots. I think that has helped me so much.
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Jerome Boateng
German Athlete
When we lose the ball, I don't want to win it back directly. I act smarter now, have better anticipation, and also start earlier when somebody tries to lob the ball over me.
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Pat Roberts
American Politician
I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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Stewart O'Nan
American Novelist
I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the world, hoping some of it will stick.
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Stephen Bayley
British Critic
I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.
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John Collins
American Basketball Player
My ability to play off the pick-and-roll, open plays for other guys and use my athletic body to catch lobs, that's what I do every night.
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Blake Griffin
American Athlete
Lob City doesn't exist anymore. Lob City is done.
Quote examples
Dennis Bergkamp
Dutch Athlete
When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?
Quote examples
Gerald Green
American Athlete
As a player you do kind of see you might need to get something going. Maybe it's diving on the ball, diving on the floor for a loose ball. Or maybe it's something that'll just energize the team, a lob dunk or a great pass or a great defensive play or an open shot, anything.
Quote examples
Rand Paul
American Politician
It seems the most common thing for serial interventionists to do these days is to lob the term 'isolationist' at anyone who does not agree with their latest folly, and then set up a straw man about those people not wanting to be involved in the world.
Quote examples
Grayson Allen
American Athlete
I got used to throwing a lot of lobs, got used to finding shooters, finding cutters. Each year at Duke I have had to score in different spots. I think that has helped me so much.
Quote examples
Jerome Boateng
German Athlete
When we lose the ball, I don't want to win it back directly. I act smarter now, have better anticipation, and also start earlier when somebody tries to lob the ball over me.
Quote examples
Pat Roberts
American Politician
I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
Quote examples
Stewart O'Nan
American Novelist
I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the world, hoping some of it will stick.
Quote examples
Stephen Bayley
British Critic
I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.
Quote examples
John Collins
American Basketball Player
My ability to play off the pick-and-roll, open plays for other guys and use my athletic body to catch lobs, that's what I do every night.
Quote examples
Blake Griffin
American Athlete
Lob City doesn't exist anymore. Lob City is done.
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