Volley

Noun

 * 1) The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullet; the projectiles so fired
 * 2)  The flight of a ball just before it bounces
 * 3)  A shot, especially in tennis, in which the ball is played before it hits the ground

Verb

 * 1)  To fire a volley of shots
 * 2)  To hit the ball before it touches the ground
 * 3)  To be fired in a volley
 * 4)  To make a volley
 * 1)  To make a volley

Derived terms

 * half volley
 * volleyball

Adjectives for Volley
severe; fine; bombastic; pyrotechnic; instantaneous; incessant; intermitting; useless; deafening.

Verbs for Volley
blast—; discharge—; flash—; fulminate—; prolong—; renew—; —assaults; —bombards; —crashes; —decimates; —destroys; —detonates; —devastates; —echoes; — flares; —levels; —rattles; —razes; —rends; —resounds; —rings out; —roars; —rolls; —rumbles; —shatters; —splits; —thunders; —wreaks.

Thesaurus
antiaircraft barrage, arrow, arrowhead, badinage, bang, bantering, barb, bark, barrage, blast, bobtailed arrow, bolt, bombardment, bowshot, box barrage, broadside, bullet, burst, cannon, cannonade, cannonry, chested arrow, cloth yard shaft, crack, creeping barrage, crossfire, dart, deluge, detonation, discharge, drumfire, ejection, emergency barrage, enfilade, exchange, explosion, flight, flood, fulmination, fusillade, give and take, gun, gunfire, gunshot, hail, interaction, inundation, mortar barrage, normal barrage, outbreak, outpouring, pop, potshot, quarrel, reciprocity, reed, salvo, shaft, shot, shower, spray, standing barrage, stoneshot, storm, tattoo, to-and-fro, torrent, volleying

Etymology
From the Greek βάλω (I throw).

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:;
 * Dutch:
 * French: volée, salve
 * German: Gewehrsalve


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Polish: wolej,


 * Portuguese: voleio
 * Spanish: ,


 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: in de vlucht genomen bal


 * Italian:
 * Polish: wolej,

Anagrams

 * lovely

Noun

 * 1)  volleyball

Synonyms

 * volley-ball, volleyball

Etymology
From volleyball: