lob has definitions from the fields of sport,tennis
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[ verb ] (tennis) propel in a high arc

Examples

"lob the tennis ball"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

He has gained only one thing - he has exploded a 50 - megaton_bomb and he probably has rockets with sufficient thrust to lob it over the shorter intercontinental ranges .

Related terms

throw

2
[ noun ] (sport,tennis) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

Related terms

return

3
[ noun ] the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc

Related terms

propulsion

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