volley
UK/ˈvɒli/US/ˈvɑli/
volley noun: the simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
Noun
volley (plural volleys)
- 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...
- 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...
- A burst or emission of many things at once.
- a volley of words
- volley of insults
- The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
- 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.
Verb
volley (third-person singular simple present volleys, present participle volleying, simple past and past participle volleyed)
- To fire a volley of shots.
- To hit the ball before it touches the ground.
- Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club.2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2012
- To be fired in a volley.
- To make a volley.
- To sound together.
volley meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
volley in Hindi
- वॉली करना
volley in Marathi
- व्हॉली करण्यासाठी, व्हॉली करणे
volley in Urdu
- گولیوں کی بوچھاڑ
volley in Telugu
- వోల్లీ
More languagesFewer languages
- volley in Malayalam
- അണിവെടി, കൂട്ടവെടി, പീരങ്കിപ്രയോഗം, പീരങ്കിവെടി
- volley in Kannada
- ಸುರಿಮಳೆ
- volley in Gujarati
- વૉલી કરવા માટે, વોલી કરવા માટે, વૉલી કરવા
- volley in Odia
- ଭୋଲି
Examples of volley in a sentence
- 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:
- 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, […]...
Forms of volley
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | volleys |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | volleys |
| present participle | volleying |
| past participle | volleyed |
| past | volleyed |
Origin of volley
From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.
Words formed from volley
Words that rhyme with volley
Questions about volley
- What does volley mean?
- Volley means the simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
- What is volley in Hindi?
- Volley in Hindi is वॉली करना. See Volley meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use volley in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is volley?
- Volley can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce volley?
- Volley is pronounced /ˈvɒli/ (UK).
- What is the plural of volley?
- The plural of volley is volleys.
Words near volley in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: volley (page history and authors); volley (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volley (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volley (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volley (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volley (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); volley (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volley (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volley (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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