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LOB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: lobbed    , lobbing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lob" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Derivation:

lob (propel in a high arc)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lob" is a kind of...):

return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)

Derivation:

lob (propel in a high arc)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Propel in a high arc

Example:

lob the tennis ball

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "lob" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lob (the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc)

lob (an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc)

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