lobs
UK/lɒbz/US/lɑbz/
lobs is the plural of lob.
lobs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lob.
Meaning of lob
Noun (1)
lob (plural lobs)
- A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.
- The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
Noun (2)
lob (plural lobs)
- A country bumpkin; a yokel.
- Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
- Synonyms:
- bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker
- A lump.
- A nugget (of gold); (hence), a quantity of money; a haul; booty.
- 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 —1875, M.L. Kenny, The fortunes of Maurice Cronin, page 126
- A clumsy person.
- The person who comes last in a race.
Noun capitalized: LOBs
LOBs
- plural of LOB
Proper noun capitalized: Lobs
Lobs
- plural of Lob
Words that rhyme with lobs
Questions about lobs
- What is lobs the plural of?
- Lobs is the plural of lob.
- What part of speech is lobs?
- Lobs can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lobs?
- Lobs is pronounced /lɒbz/ (UK).
Words near lobs in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lobs (page history and authors); LOBs (page history and authors); Lobs (page history and authors); lob (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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