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volleying

volleying is the present participle and gerund 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.

See all 10 meanings of volley

Noun

volleying (plural volleyings)

  1. The firing of a volley.
    • […] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

Forms of volleying

pluralvolleyings

Questions about volleying

What does volleying mean?
Volleying means the firing of a volley.
What is volleying the present participle and gerund of?
Volleying is the present participle and gerund of volley.
What part of speech is volleying?
Volleying is a noun.
What is the plural of volleying?
The plural of volleying is volleyings.

Words near volleying in the dictionary

  1. volleybelle
  2. volleybelles
  3. volleyed
  4. volleyer
  5. volleyers
  6. volleying
  7. volleyings
  8. volleys
  9. vollie
  10. vollies
  11. Vollman

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