lob

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

The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.

The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.

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.

I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.

To put, place.

Lob the bacon in the pot.

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.

To let fall heavily or lazily.

And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.

A pass or stroke which arcs high into the air.

The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.

Peter Lovenkrands went close for the Magpies, hitting the bar with a fine lob after he had been played in by the excellent Jose Enrique on the left.

A lump.

And, moreover, I had no sooner set my eyes on the keys, than I remembered where there was a lob of money lying in Purcell's safe, that I —

A country bumpkin; a yokel.

Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon.

THE country lob trudged home very much concerned and thoughtful, you may swear; insomuch that his good woman, seeing him thus look moping, weened that something had been stolen from him at market […]

A clumsy person.

The person who comes last in a race.

A lob-worm.