lob

Noun

1. (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.

   The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.

3 letters in word "lob": B L O.

No anagrams for lob found in this word list.

Words found within lob:

bo lo ob

• Definitions:
• A high defensive return of a smash. Usually done with topspin or sidespin.
• A stroke in which the ball is hit with a lot of arc, high over the net. Usually used to hit the ball over someone at the net
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• A shot that is hit in a high arc, usually over the opponent's head. See defensive lob; offensive lob.
• A ball hit high in the air and deep into the opponent's court, usually over the opponent's head.
• A stroke hit high in the air with the intent of being hit over a net playing opponent.
• (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'd hoped.
• A graphic display of scheduled units versus actual units produced over a given set of critical schedule control points on a particular day.
• a defensive shot used against high-speed balls, where the ball (usually with unpredictable spin) is returned very high in the air, causing difficulty in timing and technique
• a high-arcing shot, usually hit from behind the baseline, using topspin or under-spin to regain position.
• a high, soft kick which lifts the ball over the heads of the opponents.
• To toss the ball over the lob line which is 10 feet beyond the foul line.
• a tennis shot where the ball is lifted high above the net. Can be a defensive shot in some cases, but also may cause a winner when the ball is just out of reach of the opponent, but still lands in play.
• a stroke in tennis where the ball is lifted high above the net with the intention of it going over the opposing player in the case of him being close to the net, thus nearly guaranteeing the point
• (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 lobbed one from about 30 yards to within six feet of the cup".
• When the openning card is a 5 and the next player can play a face card or 10 to make 15
• a high defensive shot used to return a smash
• an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
• A lob in tennis is hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent's court. It can be used as an offensive or defensive weapon depending on the situation.

• loaving ←
• loaves ←
• loaved ←
• lob
• → lobar
• → lobate
• → lobated