1. Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
   "our volley from the left flank caught them by surprise";
   - fusillade, salvo, burst
    
2. A tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
   "His quick volley at the net caught his opponent off guard"
    
3. A burst or rapid succession of statements, letters, expletives, etc.
   "She fired off a volley of angry complaints"

1. Be dispersed in a volley
   "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
    
2. Hit before it touches the ground
   "volley the tennis ball"
    
3. Discharge in, or as if in, a volley
   "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"
    
4. (court game) make a volley
   "She volleyed the ball perfectly at the net"
    
5. Utter rapidly
   "volley a string of curses"

Derived forms: volleys, volleying, volleyed

Type of: discharge, disperse, dissipate, emit, fire, firing, hit, let loose, let out, play, return, scatter, spread out, utter

Antonym: ground stroke

Encyclopedia: Volley, Paul