Lob vs Lox - What's the difference?
lob | lox |
To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
(colloquial) To throw.
(colloquial) To put, place
(sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
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(obsolete) To let fall heavily or lazily.
* Shakespeare
(ball sports ) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
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a lump
* {{quote-book, year=1875, author=M.L. Kenny, title=The fortunes of Maurice Cronin, page=126
, passage=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 -- }}
(obsolete) a country bumpkin, clown
* {{quote-book, 1594, , section=Act II Scene I
, passage=Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon. }}
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, passage=THE country lob trudged home very much concerned and thoughtful, you may swear; insomuch that his good woman, seeing him thus look moping, weened that something had been stolen from him at market
Smoked salmon.
Liquid oxygen.
As nouns the difference between lob and lox
is that lob is (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air while lox is smoked salmon.As a verb lob
is to throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.As an abbreviation LOX is
alternate form of lang=en|lox abbreviation of lang=en|liquid oxygen.lob
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
- The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
- Lob it in the pot.
citation, page= , passage=Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post. }}
- And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.
Noun
(en noun)- The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
citation, page= , passage=Peter Lovenkrands went close for the Magpies, hitting the bar with a fine lob after he had been played in by the excellent Jose Enrique on the left. }}
Derived terms
* lob wedgeEtymology 2
(etyl)Noun
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