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volley |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Volley \Vol"ley\, n.; pl {Volleys}. [F. vol['e]e; flight, a volley, or discharge of several guns, fr voler to fly, L. volare. See {Volatile}.] 1. A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms. Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. --Milton. Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. --Byron. 2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as a volley of words ``This volley of oaths.'' --B. Jonson Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --Pope. 3. a (Tennis) A return of the ball before it touches the ground. b (Cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volleyed}; p. pr & vb n. {Volleying}.] To discharge with or as with a volley. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Volley \Vol"ley\, v. i. 1. 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. --Tennyson. 2. a (Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the ground. b (Cricket) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: volley n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: {fusillade}, {salvo}, {burst}] 2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces [ant: {ground stroke}] v 1: be dispersed in a volley 2: hit on the volley, of a tennis ball 3: propel while in the air and before touching the ground, as of a ball in a game 4: discharge in or as if in a volley 5: kick before a rebound, as of a soccer ball 6: make a volley, as in a game of tennis 7: utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
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