1. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
   "He used a lob to get the ball over his tall opponent"
    
2. The act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
   "The tennis player's lob sailed over his opponent's head"

1. Propel in a high arc
   "lob the tennis ball"

Derived forms: lobs, lobbing, lobbed

Type of: actuation, propulsion, return, throw, wing

Encyclopedia: Lob, Paul