volley

volley
I. noun (plural volleys) Etymology: Middle French volee flight, from voler to fly, from Old French, from Latin volare Date: 1573 1. a. a flight of missiles (as arrows) b. simultaneous discharge of a number of missile weapons c. one round per gun in a battery fired as soon as a gun is ready without regard to order d. (1) the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground; also a return of the ball before it touches the ground (2) a kick of the ball in soccer before it rebounds (3) the exchange of the shuttlecock in badminton following the serve 2. a. a burst or emission of many things or a large amount at once <
received a volley of angry letters
> <
a volley of praise
> b. a burst of simultaneous or immediately sequential nerve impulses passing to an end organ, synapse, or center II. verb (volleyed; volleying) Date: 1591 transitive verb 1. to discharge in or as if in a volley 2. to propel (an object) while in the air and before touching the ground; especially to hit (a tennis ball) on the volley intransitive verb 1. to become discharged in or as if in a volley 2. to make a volley; specifically to volley an object of play (as in tennis) • volleyer noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • volley — [väl′ē] n. pl. volleys [MFr volee < VL * volata < fem. of L volatus, pp. of volare, to fly] 1. a) the simultaneous discharge of a number of firearms or other weapons b) the bullets, arrows, etc. discharged in this way 2. a burst of words or …   English World dictionary

  • Volley — Vol ley, v. i. 1. To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) (Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Volley — Vol ley, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volleyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volleying}.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Volley — im Fußball Volley ist ein Begriff aus dem Ballsport, der eine Technik bezeichnet, bei der der Spielball vor dem Erreichen des Bodens gespielt wird. Sportarten, in denen diese Technik angewandt wird, sind zum Beispiel Fußball, Tennis oder… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • volley — /ˈvɔllei, ingl. ˈvɔlɪ/ accorc. di volley ball …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • volley — index barrage, discharge (shot), salvo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • volley — (n.) 1570s, discharge of a number of guns at once, from M.Fr. volee flight (12c.), from V.L. *volta, fem. noun from L. volatum, pp. of volare to fly. Sporting sense (originally in tennis) is from 1819 (v.), 1862 (n.), from notion of hitting the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • volley — The noun has the plural form volleys, and the verb has inflected forms volleys, volleyed, volleying …   Modern English usage

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