Volley

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles.
  • n. The missiles thus discharged.
  • n. A bursting forth of many things together: a volley of oaths.
  • n. Sports The flight of a ball before it touches the ground: kicked the soccer ball on the volley.
  • n. Sports A shot, especially in tennis, made by striking the ball before it touches the ground.
  • v. To discharge in or as if in a volley: volley musket shots at the attackers.
  • v. Sports To strike (a tennis ball, for example) before it touches the ground.
  • verb-intransitive. To be discharged in or as if in a volley.
  • verb-intransitive. Sports To make a volley, especially in tennis.
  • verb-intransitive. To move rapidly, forcefully, or loudly like missiles: The hailstones volleyed down. Charges and countercharges volleyed through the courtroom.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired
  • n. The flight of a ball just before it bounces
  • n. A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
  • v. To fire a volley of shots
  • v. To hit the ball before it touches the ground
  • v. To be fired in a volley
  • v. To make a volley
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
  • n. A burst or emission of many things at once.
  • n.
  • n. A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
  • n. A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
  • v. To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive.
  • verb-intransitive. To return the ball before it touches the ground.
  • verb-intransitive.
  • verb-intransitive. To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. utter rapidly
  • v. discharge in, or as if in, a volley
  • n. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  • v. be dispersed in a volley
  • n. a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
  • v. hit before it touches the ground
  • v. make a volley
  • Verb Form
    volleyed    volleying    volleys   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emit    let out    let loose    utter    discharge    firing    fire    scatter    dissipate    spread out   
    Cross Reference
    outbreak    at volley   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discharge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ali    Bali    Bengali    Cali    Dali    Diwali    Dolly    Holley    Hollie    Holly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barrage    fusillade    salvo    hail    flurry    torrent    blast    shower    rattle    roar