[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

volley \vol"ley\, v. i.
   1. to be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged
      in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or
      volleys. --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2.
      a tennis to return the ball before it touches the
          ground.
      b
      cricket to send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
                --r. a. proctor.
                1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

volley \vol"ley\, v. t. imp.  p. p. volleyed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. volleying.
   to discharge with, or as with, a volley.
   1913 webster
see also:
volleyed volleying 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

volley \vol"ley\, n.; pl. volleys. f. vol'ee; flight, a
   volley, or discharge of several guns, fr. voler to fly, l.
   volare. see volatile.
   1. a flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the
      simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
      1913 webster

            fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.  --milton.
      1913 webster

            each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
                                                  --byron.
      1913 webster

   2. a burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley
      of words. "this volley of oaths." --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

            rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3.
      a tennis a return of the ball before it touches the
          ground.
      b cricket a sending of the ball full to the top of the
          wicket.
          1913 webster
          1913 webster

   half volley.
      a tennis a return of the ball immediately after is has
          touched the ground.
      b cricket a sending of the ball so that after touching
          the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket.
          --r. a. proctor.

   on the volley, at random. obs. "what we spake on the
      volley begins work." --massinger.

   volley gun, a gun with several barrels for firing a number
      of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.
      1913 webster
see also:
volleys volatile half volley on the volley volley gun 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

volley
     n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
          from the left flank caught them by surprise" syn: fusillade,
           salvo, burst
     2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
        ant: ground stroke
     v 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: make a volley
     5: utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
see also:
fusillade salvo burst ground stroke 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

68 moby thesaurus words for "volley":
   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

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