Hurtle
Hurtle verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.
Usage example: hurtled his spear at the tiger as it lunged toward him
Nearby Word: hurtling
Lob
Lob verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.
Usage example: he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy
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| objects | hurtle objects | lob objects |
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Lob and Hurtle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hurtle/lob
Hurtle & Lob. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hurtle/lob>.
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