volley

n., pl., -leys.

1. 1. A simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles.
   2. The missiles thus discharged.
2. A bursting forth of many things together: a volley of oaths.
3. Sports.
   1. The flight of a ball before it touches the ground: kicked the soccer ball on the volley.
   2. A shot, especially in tennis, made by striking the ball before it touches the ground.

v., -leyed, -ley·ing, -leys.

v.tr.

1. To discharge in or as if in a volley: volley musket shots at the attackers.
2. Sports. To strike (a tennis ball, for example) before it touches the ground.

v.intr.

1. To be discharged in or as if in a volley.
2. Sports. To make a volley, especially in tennis.
3. To move rapidly, forcefully, or loudly like missiles: The hailstones volleyed down. Charges and countercharges volleyed through the courtroom.

[French volée, from Old French, from voler, to fly, from Latin volāre.]

volleyer vol'ley·er n.

noun

A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows: barrage, bombardment, burst, cannonade, fusillade, hail¹, salvo, shower, storm. See attack/defend.

n. pl. -eys a number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time: the infantry let off a couple of volleys.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A rhythmical succession of muscular twitches artificially induced; the aggregate of nerve impulses set up by a single stimulus.

IN BRIEF: Firing of weapons at the same time. Also: To hit a ball before it touches the ground.

We worked hard to learn how to volley during our tennis class.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - salve, geværsalve, vredesudbrud, strøm, flugtning
v. tr. - affyre, udslynge, flugte
v. intr. - slå et flugtslag (tennis)

Nederlands (Dutch)
salvo, stroom, serie van zenuwsignalen, volley (balspel), volleyen, een salvo geven, in een salvo/stroom komen

Français (French)
n. - volée, salve, (fig) bordée (d'injures, etc), (Sport) balle prise de volée (tennis, cricket), reprise de volée (football), (Minér) explosion de plusieurs mines en même temps
v. tr. - partir ensemble (des missiles, etc), se déplacer à toute volée, (Sport) relancer la balle à la volée
v. intr. - (Mil) tirer une volée de (projectiles, etc), relancer la balle à la volée (tennis), lancer le ballon à la volée (football), lancer la balle à la volée (cricket)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Salve, Volley, Volleyschuß
v. - vollieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ομοβροντία, ριπή, ομοχειρία, καταιγισμός, θύελλα, χείμαρρος, (αθλοπ.) κτύπημα της σφαίρας στον αέρα (κν. βολέ), (μτφ.) (ομαδικό) ξέσπασμα
v. - ρίχνω ομοβροντία, χτυπώ "βολέ"

Italiano (Italian)
colpire al volo, salva, raffica, scarica, volata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saraivada (f), torrente (f) de palavras, vôlei (m)

Русский (Russian)
давать залп, ударять с лета, залп, поток, удар с лета

Español (Spanish)
n. - lluvia, salva, torrente, andanada, descarga cerrada, voleo
v. tr. - volear, lanzar, golpear
v. intr. - volear, ser lanzado en descarga, rugir, tronar en andanada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - volley, salva
v. - avlossa, spela volley

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
齐射, 进发, 齐发, 截击, 进行齐射, 齐鸣

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 齊射, 進發, 齊發
v. tr. - 齊射, 截擊, 齊發
v. intr. - 進行齊射, 齊鳴

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 각개 사격, 연발, 일제 폭발
v. tr. - 일제 쏘다, 발리로 쳐 넘기다, 연발하다
v. intr. - 일제히 발사되다, 일제히 울리다, 굉장한 속도로 날다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一斉射撃, 斉射, 浴びせること, ボレー
v. - 一斉射撃する, ボレーで打ち返す, 一斉に発射される, ボレーをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وابل, وابل من الطلقات (فعل) ضرب الكرة قبل ان تمس الارض, اطلق وابلا من ( القذائف دفعه واحدة)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מטח, צרור, מטר, מבול, בעיטת-יעף (מהאוויר, בלי לעצור את הכדור), מכת-יעף, צרור שבועות, קללות וכו'‬
v. tr. - ‮בעט בעיטת-יעף, הטיח מטח עלבונות, חבט חבטת-יעף‬
v. intr. - ‮ירו מטח אחד, עפו במטח אחד (כדורים), רעמו יחד (תותחים)‬

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