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volleys

volleys is the plural of volley.

Meaning of volley

Noun

volley (plural volleys)

  1. 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...
  2. A burst or emission of many things at once.
    • a volley of words
  3. The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
  4. 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
  5. A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

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Questions about volleys

What is volleys the plural of?
Volleys is the plural of volley.

Words near volleys in the dictionary

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

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