volley : Idioms & Phrases
Half volley
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noun a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
WordNet
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(a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has touched the ground.(b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket. R. A. Proctor.
Webster 1913
On the volley
- at random. Obs. "What we spake on the volley begins work." Massinger.
Webster 1913
Volley gun
- a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.