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drive-volley

drive-volley noun: a powerful underarm volley shot.

Noun

drive-volley (plural drive-volleys)

  1. A powerful underarm volley shot.
    • The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport

Forms of drive-volley

pluraldrive-volleys

Questions about drive-volley

What does drive-volley mean?
Drive-volley means a powerful underarm volley shot.
What part of speech is drive-volley?
Drive-volley is a noun.
What is the plural of drive-volley?
The plural of drive-volley is drive-volleys.

Words near drive-volley in the dictionary

  1. drive-through restaurants
  2. drive-throughs
  3. drive-thru
  4. drive-thrus
  5. drive-time
  6. drive-volley
  7. drive-volleys
  8. driveability
  9. driveable
  10. driveaway
  11. driveaways

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