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