# volley
## English
### Etymology

From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɒli/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈvɑli/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒli

### Noun

volley (plural volleys)
* The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Fiery darts in flaming volies flew.
** 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXVIII:Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
** 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
* A burst or emission of many things at once.
    a volley of words
** 1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):When we do speak at volley
** 1835, G[eorge] Croly, “Memoir of Pope”, in Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope; […], volume I, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], →OCLC, page 56:A whole volley of furious criticism was poured on the author [Alexander Pope] by those enemies whom his contempt had created, and his honest pride had justly disdained to propitiate.
* (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
* (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
** 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport‎:But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.
* (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

#### Derived terms

* drive-volley
* drop volley
* half volley
* serve and volley
* snap-volley

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 窩利 / 窝利 (wo$^1$ lei$^{6-2}$)
* → German: Volley
* → Polish: wolej
* → Portuguese: vólei

#### Translations
### Verb

volley (third-person singular simple present volleys, present participle volleying, simple past and past participle volleyed)
* (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
* (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
** 2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport‎:Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club.
* (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
* (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
* To sound together

#### Derived terms

* half volley
* scorpion volley
* volleyball

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Lovely, lovely

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of volleyball.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔ.lɛ/, /vɔ.le/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

volley m (uncountable)
* (sports, colloquial) volleyball
    Synonyms: volley-ball, volleyball

### Further reading

* “volley”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from volleyball; a clipping.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔl.lej/
* Rhymes: -ɔllej
* Hyphenation: vòl‧ley

### Noun

volley m (invariable)
* volleyball
    Synonym: pallavolo

#### Derived terms

* vollistico