Volley
21volley — vol|ley1 [ˈvɔli US ˈva:li] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: volée flight , from voler to fly , from Latin volare] 1.) a large number of bullets, rocks etc shot or thrown through the air at the same time volley of ▪ a volley of bullets 2.) a… …
22volley — 1 noun (C) 1 a large number of shots fired from a gun at the same time (+ of): a volley of bullets 2 a lot of questions, insults, attacks etc that are all said or made at the same time (+ of): a volley of abuse | a volley of blows 3 a hit in… …
23volley — n. & v. n. (pl. eys) 1 a the simultaneous discharge of a number of weapons. b the bullets etc. discharged in a volley. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a noisy emission of oaths etc. in quick succession. 3 Tennis the return of a ball in play before it… …
24volley — volleyer, n. /vol ee/, n., pl. volleys, v., volleyed, volleying. n. 1. the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms. 2. the missiles so discharged. 3. a burst or outpouring of many things at once or in quick succession: a volley …
25volley — n. simultaneous discharge of weapons 1) to fire a volley tennis ball in flight 2) (to hit a ball) on the volley * * * [ vɒlɪ] [ simultaneous discharge of weapons ] to fire a volley [ tennis ball in flight ] (to hit a ball) on the volley …
26volley — vol•ley [[t]ˈvɒl i[/t]] n. pl. leys, v. n. 1) mil the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms 2) mil the missiles so discharged 3) a burst or outpouring of many things at once or in quick succession: a volley of protests[/ex]… …
27volley — [[t]vɒ̱li[/t]] volleys, volleying, volleyed 1) VERB In sport, if someone volleys the ball, they hit it before it touches the ground. [V n prep/adv] He volleyed the ball spectacularly into the far corner of the net... McNeil volleyed more… …
28volley — /ˈvɒli / (say volee) noun (plural volleys) 1. the flight of a number of missiles together. 2. the discharge of a number of missiles or firearms simultaneously. 3. a burst or outpouring of many things at once or in quick succession. 4. Tennis, etc …
29volley — vol|ley [ vɔli] <zu engl. at the, on the volley »aus der Luft«, vgl. ↑Volley> direkt aus der Luft [geschlagen], ohne dass der Ball auf den Boden aufspringt, z. B. den Ball schlagen od. schießen (Tennis, Fußball) …
30volley — [16] A volley is etymologically a ‘flight’ of something, such as missiles. The word comes via Old French volee from Vulgar Latin *volāta ‘flight’, which was a noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin volāre ‘fly’ (source also of English… …
