Толковый словарь английского языка - volley
Volley
volley
I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle French volee flight, from voler to fly, from Old French, from Latin volare Date: 1573 1. a flight of missiles (as arrows), simultaneous discharge of a number of missile weapons, one round per gun in a battery fired as soon as a gun is ready without regard to order, d. the flight of the ball (as in ~ball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground, a kick of the ball in soccer before it rebounds, the exchange of the shuttlecock in badminton following the serve, 2. a burst or emission of many things or a large amount at once , a burst of simultaneous or immediately sequential nerve impulses passing to an end organ, synapse, or center, II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1591 transitive verb to discharge in or as if in a ~, to propel (an object) while in the air and before touching the ground, intransitive verb to become discharged in or as if in a ~, to make a ~, ~er noun
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1 a the simultaneous discharge of a number of weapons. b the bullets etc. discharged in a volley. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a noisy emission of oaths etc. in quick succession. 3 Tennis the return of a ball in play before it touches the ground. 4 Football the kicking of a ball in play before it touches the ground. 5 Cricket a a ball pitched right up to the batsman or the stumps without bouncing. b the pitching of the ball in this way. --v. (-eys, -eyed) 1 tr. (also absol.) Tennis & Football return or send (a ball) by a volley. 2 tr. & absol. discharge (bullets, abuse, etc.) in a volley. 3 intr. (of bullets etc.) fly in a volley. 4 intr. (of guns etc.) sound together. 5 intr. make a sound like a volley of artillery. Derivatives volleyer n. Etymology: F vol{eacute}e ult. f. L volare fly ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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