volley
/ˈvɒli/ · noun
Meaning
- The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
- A burst or emission of many things at once.
- The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
- A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
- A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
- To fire a volley of shots
- To hit the ball before it touches the ground
- To be fired in a volley
- To make a volley
- To sound together
Etymology / origin
From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.
- volatus(la-lat)→
- volta(la-vul)→
- volée(frm)→
- *gʷelH-(ine-pro)→
- volley (English)
- Relations: root, uder, uder, uder
Related words
Descendant words
- 窩利(Chinese) (bor)
- volej(Czech) (bor)
- voli(Indonesian) (bor)
- wolej(Polish) (bor)
- vólei(Portuguese) (bor)
- volej(Serbo-Croatian) (bor)
- foli(Welsh) (bor)
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