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Definition of lob

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Lob Lob, n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber.] 1. A dull, heavy person. `` Country lobs.' --Gauden. 2. Something thick and heavy.
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Lob Lob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.] To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak. To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.
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Lob Lob, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.) The European pollock.
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Lob Lob, v. t. (Mining) See Cob, v. t.
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Lob Lob, n. The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player at the net.
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Pollack Pol"lack, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
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Pollock Pol"lock, n. [See Pollack.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.

Meaning of lob from wikipedia

- Look up LOB or lob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lob may refer to: Lob (pickleball) Lob (tennis) Lob (****ociation football), a lofted p**** or shot...
- Look up LOB or lob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. LOB or LoB may refer to: Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus, of British English Left on base, a baseball...
- A lob wedge, also known as a lofted wedge or an L-Wedge, is a wedge used in the sport of golf, known for being one of the shortest-hitting clubs and providing...
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- Martin Hugo Löb (German: [løːp]; 31 March 1921 – 21 August 2006) was a German mathematician. He settled in the United Kingdom after the Second World War...
- Rudolf Löb (November 21, 1877 – January 30, 1966) was a German banker with Mendelssohn & Co. and consultant to the German and Russian governments. Löb became...
- A lob or long bob is a medium-length haircut and a variant of bob cut. The length is between long hair and a bob cut. The lob is cut just above the shoulders...
- In mathematical logic, Löb's theorem states that in Peano arithmetic (PA) (or any formal system including PA), for any formula P, if it is provable in...
- A lob in tennis involves hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent's court. It can be used as an offensive or defensive weapon. A lob is usually...
- about it in 1942. It has also been called Löb's paradox after Martin Hugo Löb, due to its relationship to Löb's theorem. Claims of the form "if A, then...