n. In cricket: A full-pitch.n. A ball so bowled as to reach the batsman without touching the ground.n. In mining, the ignition and explosion of several blasts in the rock at one time, or of groups of such blasts in sections.In cricket, of the bowler: To bowl a ball which reaches the batsman before pitching.To bowl a full-pitch.n. The flight of a number of missile weapons together; hence, the discharge simultaneously, or nearly so, of a number of missile weapons.n. Hence, a noisy or explosive burst or emission of many things at once.n. In lawn-tennis and tennis, a return of the ball by the racket before it touches the ground, especially a swift, return.To discharge in a volley, or as if in a volley: often with out. Compare volleyed.In lawn-tennis and tennis, to return on the fly: said of the ball: drive (the ball) with the racket before it strikes the ground.To fly together, as missiles; hence, to issue or be discharged in large number or quantity.To sound together, or in continuous or repeated explosions, as firearms.In lawn-tennis and tennis, to return the ball before it touches the ground, especially by a swift stroke: as, he volleys well.