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Noun volley has 2 senses

fusillade, salvo, volley, burst - rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
--₁ is a kind of fire, firing

Derived forms: verb volley₃, verb volley₁
volley - a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
--₂ is a kind of return
Antonyms: ground stroke

Derived forms: verb volley₄, verb volley₂

Verb volley has 5 senses

volley - be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
--₁ is one way to disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

Derived form: noun volley₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
volley - hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"
--₂ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun volley₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
volley - discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"
--₃ is one way to discharge

Derived form: noun volley₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
volley - make a volley
--₄ is one way to play

Derived form: noun volley₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
volley - utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
--₅ is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something