lob [1] (Sport)
n
1 a ball struck in a high arc
2 (Cricket) a ball bowled in a slow high arc
vb , lobs, lobbing, lobbed
3 to hit or kick (a ball) in a high arc
4 Informal to throw, esp. in a high arc
(C14: probably of Low German origin, originally in the sense: something dangling; compare Middle Low German lobbe hanging lower lip, Old English loppe spider)