the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
<noun.act> [ verb ]
propel in a high arc
<verb.contact> lob the tennis ball
Lob \Lob\ (l[o^]b), n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. {Looby}, {Lubber}.] 1. A dull, heavy person. `` Country lobs.'' --Gauden.
2. Something thick and heavy.
Lob \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbed} (l[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lobbing}.] 2. To let fall heavily or lazily.
And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak.
2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; as, to lob a grenade at the enemy. [PJC]
{To lob a ball} (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.
Lob \Lob\, v. t. (Mining) See {Cob}, v. t.
Lob \Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.) The European pollock.
Lob \Lob\, n. The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player at the net. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait}, {leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called {coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc.
Weapons experts have said a gun on the scale of the seized parts _ 131 feet long with a bore of 39 inches _ would have the potential to lob nuclear or chemical warheads hundreds of miles, or even boost rockets into orbit.
It is a time of reduced odds that the superpowers will lob nuclear missiles at each others' cities, but of more frequent and more lethal conflict among rival Third World nations, he told Congress recently.
What a very damp squib to lob at the drug manufacturers.
Whites yelled racial slurs as the confrontation grew heated, according to witness Lynn Butler, 19. He said he saw a white man emerge from the area of the bar and lob the grenade.
Unknown assailants also used a catapult to lob water balloons into the downtown area from an unknown location, but that's nothing new, Weigel said.
While poison gas isn't new to the Middle East, the ability to lob it into Israeli cities is improving rapidly.
In addition to tasting recipes made with horseradish, some people participated in the Horseradish Olympics _ which included a root toss, where contestants tried to lob foot-long horseradish roots farther than anyone else, and a hot dog eating contest.
As Texaco and Pennzoil Co. lob rhetorical bombs, it is Mr. Jones's job to administer the bankruptcy-law case that resulted from the companies' $10.3 billion legal dispute and Texaco's subsequent Chapter 11 filing.