Press the middle mouse button to lob a grenade. Hold down the middle mouse button to 'cook' the grenade.
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Lob
//lɒb//
Synonyms for "lob" (159 found)
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32 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- globus noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- bombar verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
- fer un globus verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Czech
1 entries- lobovat verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Dutch
1 entries- lobben verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Finnish
4 entries- kaari noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- kaaripallo noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- heittää kaaripallo verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
- iskeä kaaripallo verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
French
4 entries- LOB noun (database large object)
- lob noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- faire un lob verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
- lancer en chandelle verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
German
3 entries- Lob noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- lobben verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
- lupfen verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Italian
2 entries- pallonetto noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- tirare un pallonetto verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Macedonian
4 entries- лоб noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- у́дар noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- ло́бува verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
- у́дри verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Romanian
1 entries- loba verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Russian
1 entries- свеча noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- šutnuti verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Spanish
1 entries- globo noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
Swedish
2 entries- lobb noun (high-arcing pass or stroke)
- lobba verb (to throw or hit a ball high into the air)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Oh I say, now that is a winner right out of this world! Well, you won't see a better shot than this, hit after this marvelous lob from Jimmy Connors, who catches McEnroe moving forward – a classic moment for the lob – and McEnroe hesitates, realises he can't really hit the overhead cleanly – it's beaten him – chases it back and unleashes... a backhand such as you dream about.
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The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
Source: wiktionary
The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
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