a word of widespread application to lumpish things or suggesting heaviness, pendence, or floppiness, probably ultimately from an unrecorded Old English word. Compare East Frisian lobbe "hanging l [..]

"send up in a slow, high arc," 1869, of artillery shells; 1875 of tennis strokes, of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from some sense in lob (n.). Earlier the verb meant "to throw slow [..]

See Line of Balance

Throw

(also "lob shot") a relatively vertical (steep arced) shot, usually played with a lofted wedge, intended to land softly and not roll far Example: My lob shot stopped quickly, as I� [..]

lob shot; a relatively vertical (steep arced) shot, usually played with a lofted wedge, intended to land softly and not roll far

A short,high shot often played from just off the green.

(aka: "lob shot") a short high flying shot that is intended to land softly and roll very little. Almost always played into the green with a highly lofted club. Example: "I l [..]

A particular type of wedge

A shot that goes up almost vertically and stops quickly when it hits the green.

a stroke in tennis or cricket, when the ball goes high in the air

Left out of battle; personnel routinely rested from operations; see pogue

 a looby.

A till. Hence lob-sneak, one who robs the till; and lob-sneaking, robbing tills. (See next article.)

Left on base

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Usually used when in the player is in the backcourt in a defensive situation. The player hits the ball as high as he can - usually with a combination of topspin and sidespin. The deeper the ball lands [..]

A defensive shot used against high-speed shots, where the ball is returned very high in the air.

A particular shot used when a player is far back from the table in a defensive situation and the ball is lobbed high into the air as a return.

An underhand clear

Left on Base

To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. ''The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.'' ''The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.'' (colloquial) To throw [..]

praise

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