lob

verb

Pronunciation: /lɒb/

A form of fraud in which a person asks for change in a shop, palms some of the coins, and tells the shopkeeper that he has not given them enough.
“Some are acute for the Lob; which is, going into a Shop to have a Guinea or Pistole chang'd, and the Change being given, the bringer of the Gold telling it over, Palms Two or Three Shillings, then returning the Money, says there wants so much, which the Shop-keeper telling over again, and finding short, very innocently crys 'tis true, and makes up the Summ.”

Etymology: First attested late 16th c. in the sense "allow or cause to dangle, hang," from sense 2.

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.”
To reach or arrive at (a place).
“So with great trepidation we lobbed at the theatre and were escorted to our seats[.]”