volley

Plural: volleys

Noun

• rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
• a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
• The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
• A burst or emission of many things at once.
• The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
• A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
• A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Verb

Verb Forms: volleyed, volleying, volleys

• To return a ball before it hits the ground.
• be dispersed in a volley
  • "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
• hit before it touches the ground
  • "volley the tennis ball"
• discharge in, or as if in, a volley
  • "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"
• make a volley
• utter rapidly
  • "volley a string of curses"
• To fire a volley of shots
• To hit the ball before it touches the ground
• To be fired in a volley
• To make a volley
• To sound together

Examples

• a volley of words
• He tried to volley back a response in Words With Friends, but couldn’t find a word to match.

Synonyms

burst, fusillade, salvo

Antonyms

ground stroke

Anagrams of volley