Synonyms of lobs

lobs

verb

present tense third-person singular of lob

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• tosses
• hurls
• flings
• fires
• launches
• slings
• bowls
• casts
• heaves
• catapults
• pegs
• pitches
• dashes
• chucks
• darts
• lofts
• flips
• hurtles
• guns
• rolls
• pelts
• lets fly
• thrusts
• passes
• shoots
• rifles
• ejects
• hooks
• propels
• precipitates
• projects
• impels
• bucks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lobs

First, McCardell identifies himself on the sideline, jumping when Cousins lobs the ball downfield. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Gimkit lobs occasional multiple-choice questions in the middle of live, multiplayer games that closely resemble popular commercial titles such as Among Us and Only Up. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026

When Beulah’s ne’er-do-well son Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) drunkenly lobs slurs at Azul in a gas station parking lot, Azul reminds him his family’s been in Texas longer than the Jacksons — right before Rip punches Rob-Will out, of course. — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 May 2026

In one video, a mostly unseen man runs up from behind the person filming and lobs a smoking object into a crowd about a block away. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026

In unedited body camera footage, an agent lobs what appears to be a flashbang into the air, which explodes in the same spot seen in the DHS video. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026

North Crowley’s Jayden Shaw lobs it over the defense to TE Jeramie Cooper for a 26 yard touchdown. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025

Paul Thomas Anderson lobs a cinematic grenade in an unrelenting action-thriller. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025