Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lob
Participle: lobbed
Gerund: lobbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lob |
| you | lob |
| he;she;it | lobs |
| we | lob |
| you | lob |
| they | lob |
Perfect
| I | have lobbed |
| you | have lobbed |
| he;she;it | has lobbed |
| we | have lobbed |
| you | have lobbed |
| they | have lobbed |
Past
| I | lobbed |
| you | lobbed |
| he;she;it | lobbed |
| we | lobbed |
| you | lobbed |
| they | lobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had lobbed |
| you | had lobbed |
| he;she;it | had lobbed |
| we | had lobbed |
| you | had lobbed |
| they | had lobbed |
Future
| I | will lob |
| you | will lob |
| he;she;it | will lob |
| we | will lob |
| you | will lob |
| they | will lob |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lob |
| you | lob |
| he;she;it | lob |
| we | lob |
| you | lob |
| they | lob |
Perfect
| I | have lobbed |
| you | have lobbed |
| he;she;it | have lobbed |
| we | have lobbed |
| you | have lobbed |
| they | have lobbed |
Imperfect
| I | lobbed |
| you | lobbed |
| he;she;it | lobbed |
| we | lobbed |
| you | lobbed |
| they | lobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had lobbed |
| you | had lobbed |
| he;she;it | had lobbed |
| we | had lobbed |
| you | had lobbed |
| they | had lobbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lob |
| you | would lob |
| he;she;it | would lob |
| we | would lob |
| you | would lob |
| they | would lob |
Perfect
| I | would have lobbed |
| you | would have lobbed |
| he;she;it | would have lobbed |
| we | would have lobbed |
| you | would have lobbed |
| they | would have lobbed |
Imperative
| you | lob |
| we | Let's lob |
| you | lob |
Verbs conjugated like 'lob'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lob'
blob,
bob,
cob,
dob,
flob,
fob,
glob,
gob,
hob,
job,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
- cast, chuck, feck, fling, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, skew, sling, throw, toss
- throw
- toss, heave, hurl, pitch, chuck, launch
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested late 16th c. in the sense "allow or cause to dangle, hang," from sense 2.
Verbs referencing "lob"
Swedish
lobba, Dutch
lobben, German, old spelling
lobben.
Sample Sentences
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The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
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The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
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In the months leading up to the election, government representatives took up a cybercrime case against Thanathorn for criticising the government on a Facebook Live video... They also lobbed more legal cases at his party for allegedly spreading false information. [2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 06 Apr 2019:]
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I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand. [2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:]
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Lob the bacon in the pot.
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Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post. [2011 January 15, Nabil Hassan, “Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham”, in BBC:]
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And their poor jades / Lob down their heads. [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:]
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So with great trepidation we lobbed at the theatre and were escorted to our seats[.] [1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 204:]