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What (who) is volley - definition
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Volley (disambiguation); Volly
volley
(volleys, volleying, volleyed)
1.
In sport, if someone volleys the ball, they hit it before it touches the ground.
He volleyed the ball spectacularly into the far corner of the net...
McNeil volleyed more effectively in the second set.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V
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Volley is also a noun.
She hit most of the winning volleys.
N-COUNT
2.
A volley of gunfire is a lot of bullets that travel through the air at the same time.
It's still not known how many died in the volleys of gunfire...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
volley
n.
simultaneous discharge of weapons
1) to fire a volley
tennis ball in flight
2) (to hit a ball) on the volley
Volley
·vt To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
II. Volley ·vi To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
III. Volley ·vi To return the ball before it touches the ground.
IV. Volley ·noun A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
V. Volley ·noun A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
VI. Volley ·noun A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words.
VII. Volley ·noun A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
VIII. Volley ·vi 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.
Examples of use of volley
1. The women in the camp (almost all of them carried young children) launched volley after volley of piercing, ululating cries.
2. On one point, Roddick reached for a half–volley to extend the exchange, and then, with both players at the net, hit a reflex volley winner.
3. But Herbert delivered a volley–style kick to her face.
4. But when the British–led soldiers climbed out of their trenches that morning, volley after volley of machine gun fire greeted them, mowing them down.
5. A volley of bold, risky hooks and one remarkable pull straight back past the bowler initiated a volley of 34 runs off 12 balls, including two hooked sixes.