Meaning & use
Lobbing
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Throwing, hitting, or sending something through the air in a high arc.
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He was lobbing water balloons over the fence at his friends.
The tennis player kept lobbing the ball just over her opponent's reach.
A note on using this word
The base verb "lob" is also used figuratively, as in "lobbing criticism" at someone from a safe distance.
Words with a similar meaning
tossingarcing
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Words with an opposite meaning
drivingsmashing
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