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# lob

«lob» in Mova's school dictionary: **to throw or hit it high in the air, in a slow curve** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (lob, lobs, lobbed, lobbing); noun (a lob, lobs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lob something is to throw or hit it high in the air, in a slow curve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#m1)

2) In tennis, football and other games, a lob is a high shot over an opponent's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#m2)

3) (informal, UK and Australia) To lob something is to throw it carelessly: «Lob it in the bin». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#m3)

4) (informal, Australia and New Zealand) To lob or lob in is to arrive, often unexpectedly: «He lobbed in at midnight». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport a lob goes over a defender or goalkeeper. In science lessons the curve of a lobbed ball is a parabola. In everyday talk «lob it here» means «throw it to me». Phrases: «lob the ball», «lob over», «lob in».

### examples

- She lobbed the ball over the goalkeeper's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x1)
- His lob landed just inside the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x2)
- «Lob us the keys, would you?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x3)
- He lobbed his bag onto the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x4)
- The cousins lobbed in for lunch without warning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x5)
- The snowball was lobbed high over the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x6)
- A lob is hard to return if you are close to the net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/#x7)

### note

Double «b»: lobbed, lobbing. Informal senses are friendly, not rude. In maths and science, a lobbed ball goes up, slows, stops for an instant at the top and comes down along a curved path.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lob» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.