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   Lob

   /läb/

   

   verb

   • 1. throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc: "he lobbed the ball over their heads"
   • ▪ (in tennis) hit the ball over (an opponent) in a high arc.
   • ▪ direct (an insult, remark, or question) at someone: "the two New Yorkers have traded barbs and lobbed personal insults at one another"

   noun

   • 1. (chiefly in tennis) a ball hit in a high arc over an opponent: "Federer played a lob and Nadal's high volley was in the net"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the senses ‘cause or allow to hang heavily’ and ‘behave like a lout’): from the archaic noun lob ‘lout’, ‘pendulous object’, probably from Low German or Dutch (compare with modern Dutch lubbe ‘hanging lip’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

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