volley
noun
1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
Similar word(s): burst, fusillade, salvo
Definition categories: act, fire, firing
2. a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
verb
1. be dispersed in a volley
- gun shots volleyed at the attackers
Definition categories: motion, disperse, dissipate, scatter
2. hit before it touches the ground
- volley the tennis ball
Definition categories: contact, hit
3. discharge in, or as if in, a volley
- the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians
Definition categories: contact, discharge
4. make a volley
Definition categories: competition, play
5. utter rapidly
- volley a string of curses
Definition categories: communication, emit, utter