Overview of noun volley

The noun volley has 2 senses

• fusillade, salvo, volley, burst -- (rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise")


• volley -- (a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces)

Overview of verb volley

The verb volley has 5 senses

• volley -- (be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers")


• volley -- (hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball")


• volley -- (discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians")


• volley -- (make a volley)


• volley -- (utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses")