volley

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French volée (“flight”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin volta, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin volatus.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒli

Noun

volley (plural volleys)

1. The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired
   • Milton

     Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.

   • Byron

     Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.

   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.

2. A burst or emission of many things at once.

   a volley of words

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3. (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces
4. (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
   • 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.

5. (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Translations

simultaneous fire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齊射／齐射 (zh) (qíshè), 齐射 (zh) (qíshè), ^{(please verify)} 排枪射击

• Dutch: salvo (nl) n
• Finnish: yhteislaukaus (fi)
• French: volée (fr) f, salve (fr) f
• Georgian: ზალპი (zalṗi)
• German: Salve (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: מַטָּח m (mattáẖ)
• Irish: rois f
• Italian: raffica (it) f
• Maori: waipū, waiwaipū, waipūtanga
• Portuguese: salva (pt) f, saraivada (pt) f
• Russian: залп (ru) m (zalp)
• Spanish: salva (es) f

burst or emission

• Finnish: tulva (fi), syöksy (fi)
• Georgian: ბათქი (batki)
• Irish: rois f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: waipūtanga

flight of a ball before it bounces

• Dutch: vlucht (nl)
• Finnish: ilmalento (fi)
• German: Volley (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: יַעַף m (yá'af), ווֹלֵה m (volé)
• Polish: wolej (pl) m, volley (pl) m
• Portuguese: voleio (pt) m

shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground

• Catalan: volea (ca) f
• Czech: volej (cs) m
• Dutch: in de vlucht genomen bal
• Finnish: lentolyönti
• Greek: βολέ (el) n (volé)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: volée (it) f
• Polish: wolej (pl) m, volley (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian: volej (sh) m
• Spanish: volea (es) f, voleo (es) m

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. (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
   • 2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport‎^[3]:

     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.

3. (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
4. (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
5. To sound together

Translations

to fire a volley of shots

• Finnish: ampua yhteislaukaus
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to hit the ball before it touches the ground

• Finnish: lyödä lentolyönti, lyödä ilmasta (in tennis and other racquet and club games)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Derived terms

• half volley
• scorpion volley
• volleyball

Anagrams

• Lovely, lovely

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English volleyball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɛ/

Noun

volley m (uncountable)

1. (sports) volleyball

Synonyms

• volley-ball, volleyball

Further reading

• “volley”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

volley m (uncountable)

1. volleyball

Synonyms

• pallavolo

Derived terms

• vollistico