lob
verb
[ lɒb ]
• throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.
• "he lobbed the ball over their heads"
Similar:
throw,
toss,
fling,
pitch,
shy,
hurl,
pelt,
sling,
loft,
cast,
let fly with,
flip,
launch,
propel,
impel,
bowl,
chuck,
bung,
heave,
lob
noun
• (in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result.
• "Federer played a lob and Nadal's high volley was in the net"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the senses ‘cause or allow to hang heavily’ and ‘behave like a lout’): from the archaic noun lob ‘lout’, ‘pendulous object’, probably from Low German or Dutch (compare with modern Dutch lubbe ‘hanging lip’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.
