/ lɒb; NAmE lɑːb/ verb ( -bb- ) [ vn ]
1.
[+ adv. / prep. ] ( informal ) to throw sth so that it goes quite high through the air :
Stones were lobbed over the wall.
➡ note at throw
2.
( sport ) to hit or kick a ball in a high curve through the air, especially so that it lands behind the person you are playing against :
He lobbed the ball over the defender's head.
► lob noun :
to play a lob
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (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 cent.