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volleyed

volleyed is the simple past and past participle of volley.

Meaning of volley

Verb

volley (third-person singular simple present volleys, present participle volleying, simple past and past participle volleyed)

  1. (transitive) To fire a volley of shots.
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (intransitive) To be fired in a volley.
  4. (intransitive) To make a volley.
  5. To sound together.

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Questions about volleyed

What is volleyed the simple past and past participle of?
Volleyed is the simple past and past participle of volley.

Words near volleyed in the dictionary

  1. volleyballer
  2. volleyballers
  3. volleyballs
  4. volleybelle
  5. volleybelles
  6. volleyed
  7. volleyer
  8. volleyers
  9. volleying
  10. volleyings
  11. volleys

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