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We have found lemma(root) word of lobs : lob.
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[lɒb], (Verb)
Definitions:
- throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc
(e.g: he lobbed the ball over their heads)
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Origin
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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
[lɒb], (Noun)
Definitions:
- (in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent, or a stroke producing this result
(e.g: Federer played a lob and Nadal's high volley was in the net)
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Origin
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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
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