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vol·ley
I. \ˈvälē, -li\ noun
(plural volleys also vollies)
Etymology: Middle French volee flight, volley, from voler to fly, from Latin volare — more at volatile
1.
a. : a flight of missiles (as arrows or bullets) : the simultaneous or nearly simultaneous discharge of a number of missile weapons (as muskets or rifles)
< some companies being able to attain three volleys per minute — R.K.Sprague >
< both were killed by a British volley a few minutes later — American Guide Series: Maryland >
b. : one round per gun in an artillery battery fired as soon as each gun is ready without regard to the order of firing
c. : a mining blast consisting of a number of holes fired simultaneously
d.
(1) : the flight of the ball in tennis or the course of the ball before striking the ground
< a ball hit on the volley >
also : a return of the ball before it touches the ground
(2) : full toss
(3) : a kick of the ball in soccer before it rebounds
(4) : the exchange of the shuttlecock in badminton following the serve
2.
a. : a burst or emission of many things at once
< every push of the pole against the loose mud of the bottom brought forth volleys of bubbles — C.S.Forester >
< writing volleys of letters — G.B.Shaw >
< broke into a volley of curses — R.H.Davis >
b. : a burst of simultaneous or immediately sequential nerve impulses passing to an end organ, synapse, or center
< two distinct volleys occur in each heart cycle — Albert Hemingway >
c. : a short response (as Amen) said in unison by Salvationists
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- at the volley
II. verb
(volleyed also vollied ; volleyed also vollied ; volleying ; volleys also vollies)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to discharge in or as if in a volley
b. : to utter rapidly and vehemently
< driver then volleyed a string of curses — Marcia Davenport >
< she volleyed him a string of questions — Maurice Hewlett >
2. : to propel (an object of play) while in the air and before touching the ground: as
a. : to hit (a tennis ball) on the volley
b. : to kick (a soccer ball) before a rebound
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to become discharged in or as if in a volley
b. : to make a volley
< their eyes, diminished in mirth, twinkled at each other … as if wit had volleyed between them — G.D.Brown >
specifically : to volley an object of play (as in tennis)
2. : to make loud sounds continuously or repeatedly
< a trickle of water volleyed loudly on the tarpaulin — C.S.Forester > |