Volley




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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.
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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.
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Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volleyed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Volleying.]
To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
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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.
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Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. --Milton.
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Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
--Byron.
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2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley
of words. "This volley of oaths." --B. Jonson.
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Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --Pope.
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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.
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Half volley.
(a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has
touched the ground.
(b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching
the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket.
--R. A. Proctor.

On the volley, at random. [Obs.] "What we spake on the
volley begins work." --Massinger.

Volley gun, a gun with several barrels for firing a number
of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.
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volley
n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn:
fusillade, salvo, volley, burst]

2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
[ant: ground stroke]
v 1: be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the
attackers"

2: hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"

3: discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed
gunshots at the civilians"

4: make a volley

5: utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
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volley [vɔliː]
Gewehrsalve; Hagel; Salve

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volley [vɔliː]
flot; torrent

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volley

levegôbôlütés
röpte
sortûz
szóáradat
szóözön
zápor(ütéseké)


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volley [vɔliː]
stroom; bergstroom; vloed

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volley [vɔliː]
caudal, torrente

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volley

Hagel m; Salve f
volley

Gewehrsalve f
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "volley":
antiaircraft barrage, arrow, arrowhead, badinage, bang, bantering,
barb, bark, barrage, blast, bobtailed arrow, bolt, bombardment,
bowshot, box barrage, broadside, bullet, burst, cannon, cannonade,
cannonry, chested arrow, cloth yard shaft, crack, creeping barrage,
crossfire, dart, deluge, detonation, discharge, drumfire, ejection,
emergency barrage, enfilade, exchange, explosion, flight, flood,
fulmination, fusillade, give and take, gun, gunfire, gunshot, hail,
interaction, inundation, mortar barrage, normal barrage, outbreak,
outpouring, pop, potshot, quarrel, reciprocity, reed, salvo, shaft,
shot, shower, spray, standing barrage, stoneshot, storm, tattoo,
to-and-fro, torrent, volleying



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