volley C2 Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈvɑli/ UK /ˈvɒli/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like valley /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Freq #30881 Meanings 1 noun a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces The player hit the volley for a point. 2 noun rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms The troops fired a volley on command. 3 verb to discharge in, or as if in, a volley The attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians. 4 verb to hit before it touches the ground The player volleyed the tennis ball. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · rapid simultaneous... burst More barragebroadside Word family Forms volleyedvolleyingvolleys Derived forms drive-volleysnap-volleyvolleyball Related forms volatile Common collocations half volley Noun + noun Etymology From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus. *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Sports & Fitness Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # volley **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈvɑli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈvɒli/ **Frequency rank:** 30881 ## Meanings 1. a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces 2. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms 3. to discharge in, or as if in, a volley 4. to hit before it touches the ground ## Examples - The player hit the volley for a point. - The troops fired a volley on command. - The attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians. - The player volleyed the tennis ball. ## Synonyms - burst - barrage - broadside ## Derived Forms - drive-volley - snap-volley - volleyball ## Related Forms - volatile ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *gʷelH- ## Etymology From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown