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