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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: volley (0.00812 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to volley.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: volley volley n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; “our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise” [syn: fusillade, salvo, burst] 2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces [ant: ground stroke] v 1: be dispersed in a volley; “gun shots volleyed at the attackers” 2: hit before it touches the ground; “volley the tennis ball” 3: discharge in, or as if in, a volley; “the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians” 4: make a volley 5: utter rapidly; “volley a string of curses”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Volley Volley \Vol"ley\, v. i. 1. To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) (Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster] Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volleyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Volleying.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley. [1913 Webster] Volley \Vol"ley\, n.; pl. Volleys. [F. vol['e]e; flight, a volley, or discharge of several guns, fr. voler to fly, L. volare. See Volatile.] 1. A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms. [1913 Webster] Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words. “This volley of oaths.” --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. [1913 Webster] Half volley. (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. On the volley, at random. [Obs.] “What we spake on the volley begins work.” --Massinger. Volley gun, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: volley volley n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; “our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise” [syn: fusillade, salvo, burst] 2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces [ant: ground stroke] v 1: be dispersed in a volley; “gun shots volleyed at the attackers” 2: hit before it touches the ground; “volley the tennis ball” 3: discharge in, or as if in, a volley; “the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians” 4: make a volley 5: utter rapidly; “volley a string of curses”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Volley Volley \Vol"ley\, v. i. 1. To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) (Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster] Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volleyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Volleying.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley. [1913 Webster] Volley \Vol"ley\, n.; pl. Volleys. [F. vol['e]e; flight, a volley, or discharge of several guns, fr. voler to fly, L. volare. See Volatile.] 1. A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms. [1913 Webster] Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words. “This volley of oaths.” --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball before it touches the ground. (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. [1913 Webster] Half volley. (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. On the volley, at random. [Obs.] “What we spake on the volley begins work.” --Massinger. Volley gun, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse. [1913 Webster]
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