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Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh.
Liz Phair

Meaning of "lob" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOB

Probably of Low German origin, originally in the sense: something dangling; compare Middle Low German lobbe hanging lower lip, Old English loppe spider.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LOB

lob  [lɒb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lob is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lob in English.

WHAT DOES LOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lob

Lob may refer to: As a term: ▪ Line of business, a general term in business ▪ Lob, a tennis shot ▪ Lob bowling, an archaic bowling style in cricket ▪ Lob, a synonym for the English folklore creature the lubber fiend ▪ "Lob", archaic English word for "spider", from which is derived the name of Shelob in The Lord of the Rings As a name: ▪ Lob, the pen name of French comics writer Jacques Lob...

Definition of lob in the English dictionary

The first definition of lob in the dictionary is a ball struck in a high arc. Other definition of lob is a ball bowled in a slow high arc. Lob is also to hit or kick in a high arc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LOB

PRESENT

Present
I lob
you lob
he/she/it lobs
we lob
you lob
they lob
Present continuous
I am lobbing
you are lobbing
he/she/it is lobbing
we are lobbing
you are lobbing
they are lobbing
Present perfect
I have lobbed
you have lobbed
he/she/it has lobbed
we have lobbed
you have lobbed
they have lobbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been lobbing
you have been lobbing
he/she/it has been lobbing
we have been lobbing
you have been lobbing
they have been lobbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I lobbed
you lobbed
he/she/it lobbed
we lobbed
you lobbed
they lobbed
Past continuous
I was lobbing
you were lobbing
he/she/it was lobbing
we were lobbing
you were lobbing
they were lobbing
Past perfect
I had lobbed
you had lobbed
he/she/it had lobbed
we had lobbed
you had lobbed
they had lobbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been lobbing
you had been lobbing
he/she/it had been lobbing
we had been lobbing
you had been lobbing
they had been lobbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will lob
you will lob
he/she/it will lob
we will lob
you will lob
they will lob
Future continuous
I will be lobbing
you will be lobbing
he/she/it will be lobbing
we will be lobbing
you will be lobbing
they will be lobbing
Future perfect
I will have lobbed
you will have lobbed
he/she/it will have lobbed
we will have lobbed
you will have lobbed
they will have lobbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been lobbing
you will have been lobbing
he/she/it will have been lobbing
we will have been lobbing
you will have been lobbing
they will have been lobbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would lob
you would lob
he/she/it would lob
we would lob
you would lob
they would lob
Conditional continuous
I would be lobbing
you would be lobbing
he/she/it would be lobbing
we would be lobbing
you would be lobbing
they would be lobbing
Conditional perfect
I would have lob
you would have lob
he/she/it would have lob
we would have lob
you would have lob
they would have lob
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been lobbing
you would have been lobbing
he/she/it would have been lobbing
we would have been lobbing
you would have been lobbing
they would have been lobbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lob
we let´s lob
you lob
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lob
Past participle
lobbed
Present Participle
lobbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOB

loaves
Lobachevsky
lobar
lobate
lobated
lobately
lobation
lobbed
lobber
lobbied
lobbies
lobbing
lobby
lobby correspondent
lobbyer
lobbygow
lobbying
lobbyism
lobbyist
lobe

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOB

blob
blow job
bob
boob
cob
dob
fob
gob
handjob
hob
Jacob
job
knob
mob
nob
noob
on the job
on-the-job
rob
sob

Synonyms and antonyms of lob in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LOB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lob» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lob
fling · hurl · launch · lift · loft · pitch · shy · throw · toss

Translation of «lob» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOB

Find out the translation of lob to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lob from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lob» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

往上丢
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tirar por lo alto
570 millions of speakers

English

lob
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رفع الكرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лоб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atirar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lober
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lob
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lobben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高く投げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공중으로 높이 던지다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lob
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi chậm chạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயரமாக எழும்பும்படி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lob
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lanciare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lob
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лоб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lob
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lob
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lob
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lOB
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lob
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lob

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOB»

The term «lob» is very widely used and occupies the 17.638 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lob» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lob» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lob

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3 QUOTES WITH «LOB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lob.
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Willow Bay
With a click of the 'Post Comment' button, Netizens can quickly bring down the level of dialogue. Bloggers lob zingers, commenters trade barbs, and bullies target kids in the cyber schoolyard. Mudslinging - a time-honored political tradition - thrives on the Web.
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Dennis Bergkamp
When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?'
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Liz Phair
Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOB»

Discover the use of lob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lob
Linda Newbery. Grandpa said, his voice settling comfortably into the telling. 'It was just after your gran and I got married, and came to live here. I was chopping wood one evening, when all of a sudden I knew I was being watched. So I stopped ...
Linda Newbery, 2010
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Mastering Lob Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in ...
If you are a developer with experience of other technologies, you may also find this book useful.
Braulio Diez, Rocio Serrano, 2012
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Lob Lie-by-the-fire, Or, The Luck of Lingborough: The Story ...
Three stories popular with young people in the late ninteenth century that present the English manner and temper of the time.
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, Randolph Caldecott, 1964
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Tennis Fundamentals
Putting underspin or topspin on the lob can be useful in certain situations. For example, if your opponent is at the net, a topspin lob may be useful because the ball will bounce away from your opponent. An underspin lob is useful in a defensive ...
Carol Matsuzaki, 2004
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Oracle PL/SQL Programming
There are various consequences ofthis lack of sup‐port: • If you encounter an error when processing with a temporary LOB, you must free that LOB and start your processing over again. • You should not assign multiple LOB locators to the  ...
Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, 2014
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Frequency Analysis of English Vocabulary and Grammar: Based ...
These two companion volumes are based on a grammatically analyzed version of the Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen (LOB) Corpus, which is a broadly representative collection of contemporary English texts.
Stig Johansson, Knut Hofland, 1989
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Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook
The lob creates another opportunity to beat your opponent and improve the effectiveness of your passing shots. Allowing opponents to advance to the net on their terms may make it difficult for you. So a good strategy against net players who ...
Nick Bollettieri, 2001
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DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 V7.1 Application ...
LOB Tablespaces A LOB tablespace needs to be created for each column (or each column of each partition) of a base LOB table (table with a LOB column). This tablespace will contain the auxiliary table. This LOB tablespace has a structure ...
Susan Lawson, 2002
9
The Different Strokes in Badminton - The Smash, Drop Shot ...
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
G. S. B. Mack, 2011
10
Managing Projects for Success: A Trilogy
The line of balance (LOB) method" originated in the Goodyear Company in the 1940s and was developed by the US Navy during the Second World War. The method is used principally on large production jobs, but it can be applied to other  ...
Albert Hamilton, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lob is used in the context of the following news items.
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Six New Companies Going Public This Week: BUFF, HCACU, ESSF …
Six New Companies Going Public This Week: BUFF, HCACU, ESSF, LOB, NEOS, BCDA. By Alex McGuire, Associate Editor, Money Morning ... «Money Morning, Jul 15»
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English 19-year-old Natasha Flint's stunning 40-yard lob goal …
Antd it's not the first time that she's done this sort of thing: check out this even better lob for Manchester City against Chelsea's ladies last year: ... «Eurosport.com, Jul 15»
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Stranded: Mets win in 18 innings despite 25 LOB - ESPN.com
ST. LOUIS -- The New York Mets left 25 men on base and went 1-for-26 with runners in scoring position. In the end, they still managed to pull out a win. «ESPN, Jul 15»
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Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) Announces July 23rd IPO
Live Oak Bancshares logo IPO Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) plans to raise $68 million in an IPO on Thursday, July 23rd. The company plans to issue 4,000,000 ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
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Say Goodbye to the Lob, Hello to Length
After months and months of us coveting lobs on every single celebrity on the planet, both Lily Collins and Vanessa Hudgens have debuted long ... «StyleCaster, Jul 15»
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This Is the Inspiration Behind Jennifer Lopez's Lob
Says Rita Hazan stylist Juan Carlos Maciques, who cut the lob-like style for the star, "J.Lo is very passionate about her new role and has a very ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
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Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) Announces July 20th IPO
Live Oak Bancshares logo IPO Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) expects to raise $68 million in an initial public offering on the week of July 20th. «The Legacy, Jul 15»
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Lob City Questions: Can Wesley Johnson fill Matt Barnes' role?
With DeAndre Jordan grabbing hold of all Clippers-related attention this summer, it's easy to forget the franchise is without a starting small ... «Clipperholics, Jul 15»
9
Suspected Militants Lob Two Grenades at Telecom Tower in Pattan
Panic spread in North Kashmir's Pattan area on Wednesday when suspected militants lobbed two grenades at mobile tower in the area. «Kashmir Life, Jul 15»
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Holcomb school board proposing higher LOB mill levy
HOLCOMB — Under a proposal to raise the district's local option budget, property owners within Holcomb USD 363 would pay more to support ... «The Garden City Telegram, Jul 15»

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