Volley
noun
A bunch of things happening all at once, especially objects thrown or shot.
The audience showed their disapproval with a volley of boos.
Often appears as...
- volley of arrows
- volley of shots
noun
A technique in sports where the ball is hit before it touches the ground.
The tennis player hit a strong volley that landed just inside the baseline.
Often appears as...
- forehand volley
- backhand volley
verb
To throw or launch a bunch of things all at once.
The soldiers volleyed a series of arrows towards the enemy.
Often appears as...
- volley arrows
- volley shots
verb
To hit the ball before it touches the ground in sports such as volleyball or tennis.
He volleyed the ball back over the net.
Often appears as...
- volley a ball
- volley a serve
noun
A bunch of things happening all at once, especially objects thrown or shot.
The audience showed their disapproval with a volley of boos.
Often appears as...
- volley of arrows
- volley of shots
noun
A technique in sports where the ball is hit before it touches the ground.
The tennis player hit a strong volley that landed just inside the baseline.
Often appears as...
- forehand volley
- backhand volley
verb
To throw or launch a bunch of things all at once.
The soldiers volleyed a series of arrows towards the enemy.
Often appears as...
- volley arrows
- volley shots
verb
To hit the ball before it touches the ground in sports such as volleyball or tennis.
He volleyed the ball back over the net.
Often appears as...
- volley a ball
- volley a serve
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Sudden Onslaught
Used to describe a concentrated outburst, often unexpected and overwhelming.
Their quiet evening was interrupted by a volley of fireworks.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Often implies negative events like attacks or criticisms, not positive ones.
During the debate, a volley of accusations flew between the candidates.
Pro Tip 1/2Sudden Onslaught
Used to describe a concentrated outburst, often unexpected and overwhelming.
Their quiet evening was interrupted by a volley of fireworks.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Often implies negative events like attacks or criticisms, not positive ones.
During the debate, a volley of accusations flew between the candidates.
Pro Tip 1/2Sudden Onslaught
Used to describe a concentrated outburst, often unexpected and overwhelming.
Their quiet evening was interrupted by a volley of fireworks.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Often implies negative events like attacks or criticisms, not positive ones.
During the debate, a volley of accusations flew between the candidates.
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The biology of our best...
We start. What was going on in your brain one second before you pulled that trigger? And this brings us into the realm of a brain region called the amygdala. The amygdala, which is central to violence, central to fear, initiates volleys of cascades that produce pulling of a trigger.
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How do fish make...
These stimulate the prey's muscles, sending it into spasms and generating waves that reveal its hiding place. Then, a volley of fast, high-voltage discharges causes even more intense muscle contractions. The electric eel can also curl up so that the electric fields
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Outlasting the Enemy in...
volley of fire and there was nowhere tied I had never experienced that level of intensity in an initial draw from an enemy force today you know these guys are well disciplined they had a plan
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The biology of our best...
We start. What was going on in your brain one second before you pulled that trigger? And this brings us into the realm of a brain region called the amygdala. The amygdala, which is central to violence, central to fear, initiates volleys of cascades that produce pulling of a trigger.
Video examples
How do fish make...
These stimulate the prey's muscles, sending it into spasms and generating waves that reveal its hiding place. Then, a volley of fast, high-voltage discharges causes even more intense muscle contractions. The electric eel can also curl up so that the electric fields
Video examples
Outlasting the Enemy in...
volley of fire and there was nowhere tied I had never experienced that level of intensity in an initial draw from an enemy force today you know these guys are well disciplined they had a plan
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Greg Kinnear
American Actor
Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person? What's this guy here, and how is he playing with this thing, and what's he trying to say? And what's the volley with all these other people around him?
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Rudyard Kipling
English Writer
Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets.
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Tim Henman
British Tennis Player
Volleying comes into grass-court tennis because it's a surface that favours the player who gets on the front foot. So if you've got an opportunity to come in and be aggressive, then finishing the points at the net is always going to be a good strategy.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.
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Maria Sharapova
Russian Athlete
I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It's been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.
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Jane Kaczmarek
American Actress
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
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Stefan Edberg
Swedish Athlete
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
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Alok Nath
Indian Actor
I have shielded myself against the volley of jokes that I have been made the subject of.
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John McEnroe
American Tennis Player
I didn't serve and volley until I got to Wimbledon in '77.
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Peter Crouch
English Athlete
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to score volleys.
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Greg Kinnear
American Actor
Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person? What's this guy here, and how is he playing with this thing, and what's he trying to say? And what's the volley with all these other people around him?
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Rudyard Kipling
English Writer
Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets.
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Tim Henman
British Tennis Player
Volleying comes into grass-court tennis because it's a surface that favours the player who gets on the front foot. So if you've got an opportunity to come in and be aggressive, then finishing the points at the net is always going to be a good strategy.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.
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Maria Sharapova
Russian Athlete
I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It's been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.
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Jane Kaczmarek
American Actress
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
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Stefan Edberg
Swedish Athlete
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
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Alok Nath
Indian Actor
I have shielded myself against the volley of jokes that I have been made the subject of.
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John McEnroe
American Tennis Player
I didn't serve and volley until I got to Wimbledon in '77.
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Peter Crouch
English Athlete
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to score volleys.
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