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volley

1. vol.ley \'va:l-e-\ n [MF volee flight, fr. voler to fly, fr. L volare] 
   1a: a flight of missiles (as arrows)  1b: simultaneous discharge of a 
   number of missile weapons  1c: one round per gun in a battery fired as soon 
   as each gun is ready witho ut regard to order 1d1: the flight of the ball 
   in tennis or its course before striking the gro und; also : a return of the 
   ball before it touches the ground 1d2: a kick of the ball in soccer before 
   it rebounds  1d3: the exchange of the shuttlecock in badminton following 
   the serve  2a: a burst or emission of many things at once  2b: a burst of 
   simultaneous or immediately sequential nerve impulses passin g to an end 
   organ, synapse, or center
2. volley vb or vol.leyed;  or vol.ley.ing 1: to discharge in or as if in a 
   volley  2: to propel (an object) while in the air and before touching the 
   ground;  specif : to hit (a tennis ball) on the volley 1: to become 
   discharged in or as if in a volley  2: to make a volley; specif : to volley 
   an object of play (as in t ennis) - vol.ley.er n