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Answer for the clue "Throwing up in the air ", 7 letters:
lobbing

Word definitions for lobbing in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball" [also: lobbing , lobbed ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of lob English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lob \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed (l[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing .] 2. To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak. 2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; as, to lob a grenade at the enemy. ...

Usage examples of lobbing.

Instead of lobbing shells at the Iraqis, the brigade headquarters would be seeded with intelligence analysts and a wide range of technical experts and equipment, and converted into a WMD exploitation team.

Instead of lobbing missiles at cities, as they had done during previous conflicts, the Iraqis were targeting military installations and command centers, some of which had only recently been established.

Iraqi soldiers were firing RPGs from the west side of the dam and lobbing mortars and artillery.

When the tanker moved in between the Romaghins and Muties and began lobbing shells, they would be dead to the last.

Any attackers--why, one man on the ramparts with a slingshot could decimate an army, lobbing these cherry bombs down.

Do you honestly think some Russian general is beyond lobbing one into Germany to expand the conflict?

The french howitzers on the other stream bank had begun lobbing shells into the graveyard and upper houses, adding to the smoke and noise.