Definitions for volley

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volley vol·ley

Spelling: [vol-ee]

IPA: /ˈvɒl i/

Volley is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in volley (ellovy).

Definitions for volley

noun

1. the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms.
2. the missiles so discharged.
3. a burst or outpouring of many things at once or in quick succession:
4. Tennis. the flight of the ball before it hits the ground. the return of the ball before it hits the ground.
5. Soccer. a kick of the ball before it bounces on the ground.
6. Cricket. a ball so bowled that it hits the wicket before it touches the ground.
7. Mining. the explosion of several charges at one time.

verb (used with object)

1. to discharge in or as in a volley.
2. Tennis. to return (the ball) before it hits the ground.
3. Soccer. to kick (the ball) before it bounces on the ground.
4. Cricket. to bowl (a ball) in such a manner that it is pitched near the top of the wicket.

verb (used without object)

1. to fly or be discharged together, as missiles.
2. to move or proceed with great rapidity, as in a volley.
3. to fire a volley; sound together, as firearms.
4. Tennis, Soccer. to return the ball before it touches the ground.

Origin of volley

1565-75; Middle French volee flight, noun use of feminine past participle of voler to fly Latin volāre

Examples for volley

volley after volley was poured into the dense mass, at deadly range.

He fired his volley of explanation at his employer with the rapidity of a Maxim gun.

A cry of surprise was raised, and drowned in a volley of ribald inquiry and chaff.

That, it appears, is the first volley in what will inevitably become a protracted conflict.

Another associate, German Gorbuntsov, narrowly survived a volley of shots in London last March.

An initial volley of missiles killed five people in the home, and 10 minutes later a second volley killed up to 11 rescuers.

"Hope they don't wing one another," he remarked of the askaris' volley.

Did Sen. Elizabeth Warren sound the first volley of a 2016 campaign Sunday?

But given the volley of claim and counterclaim, it seems unlikely that this will, in fact, be the final exchange.

At the bridge they met the British infantry, who gave them a volley.