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   lob

   /lɒb/

   verb

   • 1. throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc: "he lobbed the ball over their heads"
   • ▪ (in soccer or tennis) kick or hit the ball over (an opponent) in a high arc: "he managed to lob the keeper"
   • ▪ direct (an insult, remark, or question) at someone: "the two New Yorkers have traded barbs and lobbed personal insults at one another"

   noun

   • 1. (in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent, or a stroke producing this result: "Federer played a lob and Nadal's high volley was in the net"
   • ▪ a ball bowled with a slow underarm action.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the senses ‘cause or allow to hang heavily’ and ‘behave like a lout’): from the archaic noun lob ‘lout’, ‘pendulous object’, probably from Low German or Dutch (compare with modern Dutch lubbe ‘hanging lip’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   • B

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