basketball vs lob

basketball

verb
  • To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball 

  • To play basketball 

noun
  • The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. 

  • A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. 

lob

verb
  • To throw. 

  • To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. 

  • To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game. 

  • To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone). 

  • To put, place. 

noun
  • A pass or stroke which arches high into the air. 

  • A clumsy person. 

  • A lobworm. 

  • A lump. 

  • A fish, the European pollock. 

  • The person who comes last in a race. 

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