Volley meaning
A group of remarks, expressions, or actions directed toward a certain recipient or audience.
A volley of oaths; a volley of laughter.
noun
(sports) To strike (a tennis ball, for example) before it touches the ground.
verb
To be discharged in a volley.
verb
To direct or send in a mass or series.
Volleyed insults at each other.
verb
(sports) To make a volley, especially in tennis.
verb
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To move or be directed rapidly, forcefully, or loudly in a mass or series.
The hailstones volleyed down. Charges and countercharges volleyed through the courtroom.
verb
A burst of words or acts suggestive of this.
A volley of curses, questions, etc.
noun
To discharge in or as in a volley.
verb
(sports) To return (the ball, etc.) as a volley.
verb
To be discharged in or as in a volley.
verb
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(sports) To hit the ball before it touches the ground.
verb
(intransitive) To be fired in a volley.
verb
(sports, intransitive) To make a volley.
verb
To discharge (projectiles) in a volley.
Volleyed musket shots at the attackers.
verb
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Origin of volley
- French volée from Old French from voler to fly from Latin volāre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle French volee (“flight"), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.
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