Synonyms of lob
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Another word for lob is fling. Other synonyms of lob are hurl, bung, cast, chuck and chunk.
Synonyms and similar words for lob
verbTo throw.
- flingTo throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- hurlTo throw (something) with force.
- bung Australia, UK
- castTo throw.
- chuckTo throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- chunk slangTo throw.
- dashTo throw violently.
- dumpTo put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it.
- feck
- heaveTo throw, cast.
- hieldTo throw; cast; put.
- hoy AustraliaTo throw.
- huckTo throw or chuck.
- launchTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- peckTo throw.
- peg slangTo throw.
- pitchTo throw.
- precipitateTo throw an object or person from a great height.
- projectTo cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- quoitTo throw like a quoit.
- shyTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
- slightTo throw heedlessly.
- skewTo hurl or throw.
- slingTo throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- throw
- tossTo throw with an initial upward direction.
- trajectTo throw or cast through, over, or across.
- whang Australia, UKTo throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- whipTo throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- whopTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
- wingTo throw.
- yeet slang
- cook UK, dialectalTo throw.
- jerk obsoleteTo throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
- hurtle archaic, literaryTo propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
- pick obsoleteTo throw; to pitch.
- thrill obsoleteTo hurl; to throw; to cast.
- warp obsolete, rareTo throw.
nounA country bumpkin; a yokel.
- bogger Ireland, UKSynonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes)...
- bogtrotter Ireland
- boor
- bucolic
- bydloSomeone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.
- culchie IrelandAn unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.
- carlA rude, rustic man; a churl.
- churlA rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
- corncob USA yokel.
- cornhusker USA yokel.
- country bumpkinAn unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
- country cousinAn acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
- clodhopper
- dubbo AustraliaA foolish person.
- joskinA yokel, country bumpkin.
- hayseed USA rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
- hickAn awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
- honyock US
- hunk USA honyock.
- promdiSomeone from the provinces; a hillbilly.
- provincial
- rube USA person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- rusticAn unsophisticated or uncultured person.
- woolly back UK
- yokelA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
- hob obsoleteA countryman; a rustic or yokel.
- hobnail obsolete
- hog-rubber obsoleteA coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
Meaning of lob
- verb To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
- verb To throw.
- verb To put, place.
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