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drop-volley
drop-volley n.
Brit. 
/ˈdrɒpˌvɒli/
, /ˈdrɒpˌvɒli/U.S. /ˈdrɑpˌvɑli/
a volleyed drop-stroke./ˈdrɑpˌvɑli/ΚΠ
1907 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 12/3 The drop-volley..was one of her favourite strokes.
1927 Daily Express 4 May 13/7 She would leap forward and summarily cut short the rally with a deft drop-volley.
drop-volley
drop-volley v.
Brit. /ˈdrɒpˌvɒli/
, /ˈdrɒpˌvɒli/U.S. /ˈdrɑpˌvɑli/
Tennis intransitive and transitive. To play a drop-volley./ˈdrɑpˌvɑli/ΚΠ
1891 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 16 July 8/2 Amongst the prettiest things Davy does is to drop volley, an exceedingly effective stroke.
1924 G. W. Hillyard Forty Years Lawn Tennis iv. 89 A rapid step or two forward, a snap of the wrist, and behold he had drop volleyed that ball short over the net.
1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. c 5/5 He has..an instinctive feel for how a ball will feel when it is sliced, smashed, or drop-volleyed.
2008 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 26 Jan. 64 Tsonga either drove cannon-like winners into yawning gaps, or drop-volleyed with deadly accuracy.
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