Lob and Pass

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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Pass and lob are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pass" instead a verb "Lob".

Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.

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Lob and pass are semantically related in kick topic. Sometimes you can use "Lob" instead the word "Pass" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

way	lob way	pass way
ball	lob ball	pass ball

Grenade Hot Potato: A grenade is live and the characters spend the next few seconds trying to pass it off on someone else, until someone gets the bright idea to lob the grenade far away.

Source: Grenade Tropes
After the acquisition of Chris Paul, the Clippers themselves came to be known as "Lob City", because of the large number of alley-oops (a lob pass near the hoop to set up a dunk, usually a flashy crowd pleaser) - most of them from Chris Paul to Blake Griffin.

Source: Fan Nickname / Sports

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