lobbing

Verb

lob (third-person singular simple present lobs, present participle lobbing, simple past and past participle lobbed)

1. (transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
   • The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
2. (colloquial, transitive) To throw.
   • In the months leading up to the election, government representatives took up a cybercrime case against Thanathorn for criticising the government on a Facebook Live video... They also lobbed more legal cases at his party for allegedly spreading false information.2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 06 Apr 2019

   Synonyms:

   fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck

3. (colloquial, transitive) To put, place.
   • Lob the bacon in the pot.

   Synonyms:

   lay, lay down, put down, set down, deposit

4. (transitive) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
   • Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post.2011 January 15, Nabil Hassan, “Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham”, in BBC
5. (obsolete, transitive) To let fall heavily or lazily.
   • And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
6. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To reach or arrive at (a place).
   • So with great trepidation we lobbed at the theatre and were escorted to our seats[.]1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 204

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