volley en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɒli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈvɑli/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.
Meanings
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The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
Fiery darts in flaming volies flew.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXVIII:It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
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A burst or emission of many things at once.
a volley of words
volley of insults
When we do speak at volley
1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):A whole volley of furious criticism was poured on the author [Alexander Pope] by those enemies whom his contempt had created, and his honest pride had justly disdained to propitiate.
1835, G[eorge] Croly, “Memoir of Pope”, in Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope; […], volume I, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], →OCLC, page 56:
- The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
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A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.
2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2012:
- A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| volleys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
countervolley · drive-volley · serve and volley · snap-volley · minivolley · half volley · volleyer · drop volley
Descendants
vólei · Volley · 窝利 · 窩利 · wolej
Translations (69)
pt saraivada (simultaneous fire) · es voleo (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · ka ზალპი (simultaneous fire) · ga rúisc (simultaneous fire) · pl wolej (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · ja 斉射 (simultaneous fire) · it volée (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · fr volée (simultaneous fire) · pt voleio (flight of a ball before it bounces) · ru залп (simultaneous fire) · de Salve (simultaneous fire) · gl volea (flight of a ball before it bounces) · cs salva (burst or emission) · pl wybuch (burst or emission) · es salva (simultaneous fire) · he יַעַף (flight of a ball before it bounces) · it raffica (simultaneous fire) · de Volley (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · el βολέ (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · fi yhteislaukaus (simultaneous fire) · ka ბათქი (burst or emission) · cs volej (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · mk плотун (simultaneous fire) · cmn 齊射 /齐射 (simultaneous fire) · pl salwa (simultaneous fire) · bg залп (simultaneous fire) · es volea (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · nl vlucht (flight of a ball before it bounces) · cs salva (simultaneous fire) · de Flugball (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · cs výbuch (burst or emission) · sv salva (burst or emission) · mk волеј (flight of a ball before it bounces) · fi syöksy (burst or emission) · mk залп (simultaneous fire) · az yaylım (simultaneous fire) · ro salvă (simultaneous fire) · pt vólei (flight of a ball before it bounces) · nl salvo (simultaneous fire) · he ווֹלֵה (flight of a ball before it bounces) · cs hromadná palba (simultaneous fire) · he מַטָּח (simultaneous fire) · fi tulva (burst or emission) · mi waipū (simultaneous fire) · cmn 排槍射擊 /排枪射击 (simultaneous fire) · fi lentolyönti (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · be залп (simultaneous fire) · uk залп (simultaneous fire) · pl salwa (burst or emission) · sh volej (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · mk волеј (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · pl strzał (burst or emission) · ca volea (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · ca salva (simultaneous fire) · fi ilmalento (flight of a ball before it bounces) · mi waiwaipū (simultaneous fire) · gl volea (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · gl salva (simultaneous fire) · ga rois (burst or emission) · mi waipūtanga (simultaneous fire) · de Volley (flight of a ball before it bounces) · ga rois (simultaneous fire) · bg воле́ (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · pl wolej (flight of a ball before it bounces) · nl in de vlucht genomen bal (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) · sv salva (simultaneous fire) · mi waipūtanga (burst or emission) · pt salva (simultaneous fire) · fr salve (simultaneous fire)