lob

noun10

1. •
   A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.

   • The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
2. •
   A long bob haircut.
3. •
   A clumsy person.
4. •
   A lump.
5. •
   (dialect) A nugget (of gold); (hence), a quantity of money; a haul; booty.

   • And, moreover, I had no sooner set my eyes on the keys, than I remembered where there was a lob of money lying in Purcell's safe, that I — — 1875
6. •
   A lob-worm.
7. •
   A fish, the European pollock.
8. •
   The person who comes last in a race.
9. •
   (no longer used) A country bumpkin; a yokel.

   • Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon. — 1595
10. •
    (slang, no longer used) A form of fraud in which a person asks for change in a shop, palms some of the coins, and tells the shopkeeper that he has not given them enough.

verb6

1. •
   To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

   • The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
   • The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
2. •
   To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.

   • Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post. — 2011
3. •
   (informal) To throw.

   • 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
4. •
   (informal) To put, place.

   • Lob the bacon in the pot.
5. •
   (Australia, informal) To reach or arrive at (a place).

   • So with great trepidation we lobbed at the theatre and were escorted to our seats[.] — 1995
6. •
   (no longer used) To let fall heavily or lazily.

   • And their poor jades / Lob down their heads. — 1599

noun4

1. •
   Initialism of line of business.
2. •
   Abbreviation of large object.
3. •
   Initialism of limit order book, an order book of limit orders.
4. •
   Initialism of live on board (i.e. liveaboard)