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Volley

//ˈvɒli// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.

    "Fiery darts in flaming volies flew."

  2. 2
    a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces wordnet
  3. 3
    A burst or emission of many things at once.

    "a volley of words"

  4. 4
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms wordnet
  5. 5
    The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
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  1. 6
    A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.

    "But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley."

  2. 7
    A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
Verb
  1. 1
    To fire a volley of shots transitive
  2. 2
    utter rapidly wordnet
  3. 3
    To hit the ball before it touches the ground transitive

    "Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club."

  4. 4
    make a volley wordnet
  5. 5
    To be fired in a volley intransitive
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  1. 6
    discharge in, or as if in, a volley wordnet
  2. 7
    To make a volley intransitive
  3. 8
    hit before it touches the ground wordnet
  4. 9
    To sound together
  5. 10
    be dispersed in a volley wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

Etymology 2

From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

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