Crossword clues for volley
volley
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. i.
To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys.
--Tennyson.(Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the ground.
(Cricket) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
--R. A. Proctor.
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volleyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Volleying.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
Volley \Vol"ley\, n.; pl. Volleys. [F. vol['e]e; flight, a volley, or discharge of several guns, fr. voler to fly, L. volare. See Volatile.]
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A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.
--Milton.Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
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A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words. ``This volley of oaths.''
--B. Jonson.Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks.
--Pope. (Tennis) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
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(Cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. Half volley.
(Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has touched the ground.
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(Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket.
--R. A. Proctor.On the volley, at random. [Obs.] ``What we spake on the volley begins work.''
--Massinger.Volley gun, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "discharge of a number of guns at once," from Middle French volee "flight" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *volta, fem. noun from Latin volatum, past participle of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sporting sense of "a return of the ball before it hits the ground" (originally in tennis) is from 1851, from notion of hitting the ball in flight.
1590s, "discharge in a volley," from volley (n.). Sporting sense (originally in tennis) of "to return the ball before it has hit the ground" is from 1819. Related: Volleyed; volleying.
Wiktionary
n. The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired vb. 1 (context transitive English) To fire a volley of shots 2 (context sports transitive English) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
WordNet
n. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade, salvo, burst]
a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces [ant: ground stroke]
v. be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"
discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"
make a volley
utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
Wikipedia
A volley in tennis is a shot in which the ball is struck before it bounces on the ground. Generally a player hits a volley while standing near the net, although it can be executed farther back, in the middle of the tennis court or even near the baseline. The word derives from M. French volée meaning flight.
The primary objective of the volley is to go on the offensive and cut the amount of time for the opponent to react. Another advantage is that a player eliminates any possibility of a bad bounce from an uneven surface such as on some grass and clay courts. Also, if near the net, a volleyer has a wider choice of angles to hit into the opponent's court. However, quick reflexes and hand–eye coordination are required to execute this shot. The primary means of countering a volley are the passing shot and the lob.
Generally, a player who advances to the net in the serve and volley type of game will make the initial volley fairly near the service line. The player will then move closer to the net in hopes of making a put-away volley for a winning point. It is difficult to hit an effective volley in the area between the baseline and the service line, consequently this is often called "no man's land".
Volley may refer to:
- Volley fire (infantry tactic), the simultaneous firing of a number of missiles
In sports:
- Volley (tennis), in tennis is a shot that is hit before the ball bounces on the ground
- Volley (football), an air-borne strike in association football
In sports teams:
- Paris Volley, a professional volleyball team based in Paris, France
- Piemonte Volley, a professional volleyball team based in Cuneo, Italy
- Sempre Volley, a professional volleyball team based in Padua, Italy
- Trentino Volley, a professional volleyball team based in Trento, Italy
- Vicenza Volley, a professional volleyball club based in Vicenza, Italy
- Volley Bergamo, the volleyball team of Bergamo, Italy
In other:
- Dunlop Volley, a brand of sandshoe popular in Australia
- Paul Volley (born 1971), an English rugby union player
- Slang term for Volunteer fire department
Usage examples of "volley".
A volley of gunfire tore into the Aberrant creature and it squawked in fury, but it would not let go of its prize.
This made Raymo a figure of respect among his fellow prisoners during the twenty months they would spend in the fortress of La Cabana listening to rifle reports from the moat, where the executions took place, each crisp volley followed by a precise echo, an afterclap, as the prisoners thought about the dog that lived in the moat, lapping up blood.
Behind these small ships, the overlapped shields of the foremost ballistas flickered imperceptibly in precise timing as they launched a volley of defensive projectile fire, driving back the first robot assault, annihilating many of the machine suicide ships before they could get through.
They all shouted, and the Armorer fired a volley of 9 mm rounds from the Uzi, tearing the quivering leaves off the trees.
Unlike any arquebus Pedi had ever heard of, however, these had no problem with water or weatheras they demonstrated with the very first volley.
More had scattered to the winds when ordered units of dragoons had ridden in and poured two deadly pistol volleys against the straggling, vulnerable flanks, then regrouped and reloaded out of arquebus range.
Harphaxi mercenary cavalry made a brief feint toward the left of the Hostigi force, but the arquebusiers let fly, their volley felling two score of horses and emptying a few saddles.
Their arquebusiers continued to fire aimed volleys at any of the enemy who ventured too close.
Leo, than a volley of curses, and invectives, and stones, assaulted the odious minister of the emperor and the synod.
Suddenly the blood-curdling war-whoop arose from all sides at once, a rattling volley of rifle-shots pattered against the palisades, and a swarm of yelling, naked figures leaped from the surrounding obscurity.
Hogan heard the volley, very distantly, and then came the bells clamouring and he straightened his uniform, took off his bicorne hat, and went into the Cathedral.
We fired a volley point blank into them and, as it was hopeless for fifty men to withstand such an onslaught, bolted during the temporary confusion that ensued, taking refuge, as it had been arranged that we should do, at a point of vantage farther down the line of fortifications, whence we maintained our galling fire.
They turned back to the firing embrasures and poured their volleys down into the mass of Dervish clambering up towards them.
As for Dunster, it seemed that he had fired yet another random volley into the air and had wounded no one.
We would also almost certainly succeed in taking out Electro on our first volley.