v. & n.
--v.tr. (lobbed, lobbing)
1. hit or throw (a ball or missile etc.) slowly or in a high arc.
2 send (an opponent) a lobbed ball.
--n.
1. a a ball struck in a high arc. b a stroke producing this result.
2 Cricket a slow underarm ball.
Etymology: earlier as noun, prob. f. LG or Du.