lob
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lob/lɒb/
▶verb (lobs, lobbing, lobbed) throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.
■ (in soccer or tennis) kick or hit the ball over (an opponent) in such a way.
▶noun a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result.■ Cricket a ball bowled with a slow underarm action.
– origin C16 (in the senses ‘cause to hang heavily’ and ‘behave like a lout’): from the obs. noun lob ‘lout, pendulous object’, prob. from Low Ger. or Du.
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