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lobbed

lob
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lob]
    • /lɒb/
    • /lɒb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lob]
    • /lɒb/

Definitions of lobbed word

  • verb with object lobbed Tennis. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court. 1
  • verb with object lobbed to fire (a missile, as a shell) in a high trajectory so that it drops onto a target. 1
  • verb with object lobbed Cricket. to bowl (the ball) with a slow underhand motion. 1
  • verb with object lobbed to throw (something) slowly in an arc. 1
  • verb without object lobbed Tennis. to lob a ball. 1
  • noun lobbed Tennis. a ball hit in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court. 1
See all 9 definitions of lobbed

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Origin of lobbed

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; in earlier sense, to behave like a lob (Middle English lobbe, lob bumpkin, clumsy person, orig. pollack; Old English: spider; basic sense, something pendulous); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lobbe dangling part, stockfish, etc.

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Parts of speech for Lobbed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Lobbed

lobbed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

lobbed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for lobbed

verb lobbed

  • threw — a simple past tense of throw.
  • flung — simple past tense and past participle of fling.
  • chucked — Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.
  • hurled — to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
  • flipped — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.

noun lobbed

  • heaved — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
  • shied — simple past tense and past participle of shy2 .
All 16 Synonyms of lobbed

Antonyms for lobbed

verb lobbed

  • held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
  • kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
All 2 Antonyms of lobbed

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