volleyn.

Brit.

/ˈvɒli/, U.S.

/ˈvɑli/

Forms: α. 1500s volée, vole, (perhaps transmission error) voll, 1600s vollee, volle. β. 1500s vallew, 1500s–1600s volee, (1500s valee), volue. γ. 1500s–1700s vollie (1500s vallie, Scottish wollie), 1600s volie, 1600s–1800s plural vollies; 1500s voly, 1500s–1600s volly, 1600s volye, Irish English voylly. δ. 1500s–1600s voley, 1600s wolley, valley, 1500s– volley.

Etymology: < French volée (12th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), = Provençal volada, Spanish volada, Italian volata < Romanic volāta, feminine noun < Latin volātus, past participle of volāre to fly. The spellings volue, vallew, are probably on the analogy of venue, vinew beside veny, vinny.

a. A simultaneous discharge of a number of firearms or artillery; a salvo.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > simultaneous

volley1573

salve1577

salvo1591

volley-shot1689

platoon1706

fusillade1801

fusillading1839

α.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1850/2 The whole tyre began to play in such sorte, that within four volees, both sides of y^e house were battered through.

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 48 They must abide at ye least a volee of Canons.

γ. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 93 For ordinance thay dung at day and nycht By weirlyk volyis.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 143 The king..commandit to charge all the gunnis to gif the castell ane new wollie.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 163 The enemy played all the night upon them with great vollyes, but hurt onely three men.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 214/2 In grand Battalia's or feild service the souldier fires by Vollies or as some terme it, by Salves of shot.1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 318 A Dutch Company that conducted us out of Town gave three Vollies and went back again.1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 282 We then kept a continual Fire upon her of both great and small Arms, not firing in set Broadsides and Vollies.1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. viii. 103 Rifles, which sent their leaden messengers across the rock in vollies.δ. 1591 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 440 But from the Snailmount and the Ship-Ile in the Pond..there was a long volley of Chambers discharged.1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 203 They forced the gallions with a fewe volleies.1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 9 Let the first Ranke onely giue their volley,..and the second to passe through it, and so giue their volley.1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 169 We made some stay before the City,..and saluted it with a Volley both of all our great Guns, and of small shot.1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 355 We were by this Method able to fire six Volleys, half of us at a Time.1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 293 A loud coarse laugh burst out from each,—united as a volley of musquetry, and ending as abruptly.1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. v. 219 After firing a volley, the troops charged and put the enemy to the rout.1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 103 They level: a volley, a smoke and the clearing of smoke.

b. Const. of (shot, etc.).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > volley of missiles

showerOE

volley1574

α.

1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. Aiv Too my farewell, certayne voll of shot discharged in hope of my good speede.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 83 b The valee of an 150. Canon shot.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 12 If our..Mosquettiers would give their volees of Mosquet shot uppon these shipboates full of men.

1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 231 At his putting into the grave 3 volles of smale shotte.

β. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 105 These Troupes..hauing deliuered their Volue of Shot, shall marche away.c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 19 Givinge whole vallews of shott at our meetinge.c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 45 Wyatt..receaved his Generall with a vallew of small shott.γ. 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes v. iii. sig. F^v There is more pleasure in tuning of a voyce, then in a vollye of shotte.1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 59 Betwyxte everie greate shott a vallie of smale shott.1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 76 A great joy expressed by three Vollyes of shot, and the cheerfull sound of Drums.a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 261 The relife gaue a voylly of foure score shott amonge them.c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 74 From whence we received many volyes of shot in complement to my Lord Marshall.δ. 1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B2^v After many enterchanged voleies of..small shot.1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 192 Resembling a volley of shot speedily deliuered.1625 J. Mede Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 199 Which gave her a volley of fifteen hundred great shot.1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 143 His Men fell..as flat to the Ground, as if they had been shot to Death with a Volley of our Shot.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 186 He fired a volley of small-shot between the masts.1803 W. Scott Let. 27 Aug. (1932) I. 197 A volley of small shot fired through the window.1847 G. P. R. James Convict xvi Another volley of shot rang from behind the gateway of the town.

c. transferred (spec. in Physiology), figurative, and in figurative context. Also without article (quot. 1749¹); cf. 1d.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > reception or transmission of impulses

reflection1836

irradiation1847

conduction1855

diffusion1859

projection1872

conductivity1881

fusion1892

facilitation1894

reciprocal innervation1896

chemoreception1901

photoreception1902

neurotropism1905

proprioception1906

cheirokinaesthesia1913

schema1920

recruitment1923

conductance1926

volley1928

rectification1941

supersensitivity1949

mechanoreception1958

neurotransmission1961

electroreception1963

phototransduction1972

somatotopy1976

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 232 Thus haue we..spent a small volley vpon the Pontifician forces.

1738 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 15 Every one was pleased with your..compliments, and volleys have been shot off in return this afternoon, when I said I was coming to my room to write to you.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. viii. 46 I will pour My Vengeance in full Volley; and the Earth Shall dread to yield you Succour or Resource!

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. v. 350 She discharged a Volley of small Charms at once from her whole Countenance in a Smile.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xlii. 22 Large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 315 Ginger-beer corks go off in volleys.

1928 Jrnl. Physiol. 65 276 The rhythmic discharge is due to a more or less synchronous activity in a large number of the optic nerve fibres. The different ganglion cells have given up their usual independent fire of impulses and have taken to firing volleys.

1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 253/2 Small localised changes in cortical potential, such as may follow the arrival of a sensory volley from the periphery, are completely lost in the background of much larger voltages produced by the rest of the cortical surface.

†d. in volley, by simultaneous firing. Obsolete. rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > simultaneous firing

all at one shotec1330

in volley1598

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 42 There is yet another order of discharging of troupes of Muskets in vollie.

e. Mining. ‘The act of exploding blasts in sections.’

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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.

a. A shower or simultaneous flight of many missile weapons, as arrows, stones, etc. Also in figurative context.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > simultaneous

stormOE

volley1598

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 3 Our bowmen may shoot by vollies, as thick as hayle.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xiv. 215/1 The Britaines..auoided the volue of the Romans, showring downe withall great store of theirs vpon them.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 213 Over head the dismal hiss Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 208 Stones and Brands in ratling Vollies fly.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxxv. 368 The English shafts in vollies hailed.

1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iii. 92 Even thus fly all your shafts..but a breath of foolish affection ever crosses in the mid volley, and sways the arrow from the mark.

b. Const. of.

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1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 31 b The Archers with their volees of arrowes did breake both horsmen and footmen.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. xxxvi. 696 The Romans..at the first onset and volie of shot..put them to flight.

1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes §126. 147 It was told him, that the enemie had such volleyes of arrowes, that they did hide the Sunne.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 210 The People..ply'd the Top of the Mosque with..Volleys of Stones.

1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 161 Furious discharges of volleys of arrows and stones.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 520 Their engines discharged a perpetual volley of stones and darts.

1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 437 The mob rushed upon them with a volley of stones.

c. poetic. A storm or shower of hail, rain, etc.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > sudden

flash1653

scat17..

volley1737

blirt1810

flurry1828

brash1849

skift1947

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 630/1 Wintry clouds, Surcharg'd with vollies of tumultuous hail, Or stores of sounding rain.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 141 The gloomy clouds find weapons, arrowy sleet, Skin-piercing volley, blossom-bruising hail.

†3.

a. A company or troop of birds, etc., in flight; a flight. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > group of

volley1601

flight1604

angelry1805

angelhood1857

the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > bird that flies > group of flying birds

flighta1325

volley1601

hover1842

rush1859

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 244 The ringe-doues are seene to come euerie yeere in great vollies ouer the sea.

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 409 Birdes of praie, do not flie togither in volees and troupes.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 44 But to their Lord, now musing in his thought, A heauenly volie of light Angels flew.

†b. A crowd or large number of persons or things. Obsolete.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > large or numerous

legiona1325

rout?c1335

multitudec1350

thrave1377

cloudc1384

schoola1450

meiniec1450

throng1538

ruckc1540

multitudine1547

swarm1548

regiment1575

armya1586

volley1595

pile1596

battalion1603

wood1608

host1613

armada1622

crowd1628

battalia1653

squadron1668

raffa1677

smytrie1786

raft1821

squash1884

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. cvii. sig. Ee3 Therefore easily great Sommerset..With all the vollie of disgraces met.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxvii. 94 King Almerick himself wearied with whole volleys of miseries, ended his life of a bloudy flux.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 564 The Souldiers..finding their return intercepted by a valley of Archers.

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 27 The Vollies of Duns, of believing Vintners, Tailors, Sempstresses.

a. An uttering or outpouring of numerous words, oaths, shouts, etc., in smart or rapid succession. Also without const.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > utterance of vocal sound > succession of utterances

volley1590

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C2^v He giues vs a voley of Scriptures against Non Residents.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 32 A fine volly of words, gentlemen, & quickly shot off.

1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 455 Whatsoeuer by them is performed, shall be sure to finde whole vollies of praises.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 52 I am resolved..to storme you with volyes of Love and Loyalty.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης x. 94 Those thousands of blaspheming Cavaliers about him, whose mouthes let fly Oaths and Curses by the voley.

1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 254. ⁋5 We heard a Volley of Oaths and Curses, lasting for a long while.

1779 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. i Let him have our grievances in a volley.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. vii. 83 Sir Robert..poured forth a volley of compliments.

1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 65 This, however, always produced a fresh volley from his wife.

1847 Illustr. London News 2 Oct. 219/2 Between them continuous volleys of what is called ‘chaff’ were kept up.

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. v. 163 A volley of dire anathemas against those scoundrelly insurance chaps.

b. Similarly of sighs, groans, cheers, laughter, etc. Also without const.

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1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 60 After a vole of broken sighes tempered with some teares hee fell a sleepe.

1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion iv. 270 Cries Of weeping Women, in lowd Vollies rise.

1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 A Throng Of short thicke sobs, whose thundring volleyes float..In panting murmurs.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xii. 16 What vollies of Sighs are sent from the Windows of Holborn.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 180 They burst out into volleys of laughter.

1877 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 334 Let this religion of Christ go down under a volley of merriment.

1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. II. xv. 65 Giving a volley of British cheers.

c. A succession of words of command rapidly or smartly delivered.

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command > word of > succession of

volley1796

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 38 The repetition of them by every other individual concerned, must not be strictly successive, but as much as can be in a volley.

†5. at (the or a) volley, on (or o') the volley, at random, without consideration. Usually with verbs, esp. speak. Obsolete.After French à la volée.

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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner

suddenly1340

of unwarninga1400

on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469

casuallya1549

extemporea1556

of (upon) this sudden1572

extemporally1577

at (the or a) volley1578

on (or o') the volley1578

extrumpery1582

unpremeditately1607

extemporary1610

extempory1623

extemporarily1667

impromptu1669

ad aperturam libri1679

unpremeditatedly1694

impulsively1768

extemporaneously1791

promiscuously1791

spontaneously1799

on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801

spontaneous1810

promiscuous1826

improvisedly1851

off-handedly1876

at the first jet1878

off the cuff1927

off the top of one's head1939

off the wall1966

(a)

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 252 The king..they knew loued hir feruently,..although it were begun at the volue.

1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Aavj^v The sundrie censures I shoulde incurre, by letting such a pamphlet fly abroad at such a time, when euery thing is taken at the voley.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. i. 24 in Wks. II 'Tis like a Ball at Tennis..When we doe speake at volley, all the ill We can one of another.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 125 Like those (who) speake at random at a voleye.

1686 F. Spence tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Miscellanea Pref. Otherwise we cannot lay hold of him, he speaks at volley and universally.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii^*. 126 I have always known you..prompt to speak at the volley and without reflection.]

(b)1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. H4 What we spake on the voley begins to worke.1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 62 You must not giue credit To all that Ladies publiquely professe, Or talke, o'th vollee, vnto their seruants.1831 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 161/1 He never speaks ‘on the voley’ (that is to say, at random).

a. Real Tennis. The flight of a ball in play before it has touched the ground. Cf. fly n.² 2b.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > types of play or stroke

chasec1440

loss1591

volley1596

bandy1598

back-racket1608

service1611

force1662

serve1688

serving1688

Renshaw smash1881

pass1888

railroad service1890

kicker1936

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden To Rdr. sig. D ^v One that stands as it were at the line in a Tennis-court, and takes euerie ball at the volly.

1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 112 He frequently takes a difficult service (at the volley) off the pent~house.

b. Real Tennis, Tennis, Cricket, etc. A return stroke or hit at a ball before it has touched the ground; the action of so returning the ball. (Cf. half-volley n. 2.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball

bata1400

back-swing1577

banding1589

stroke1662

stop1773

swipe1788

straik1820

screwing1825

return1833

volleying1837

return stroke1838

volley1851

swiper1853

shot1868

handling1870

screw kick1870

mishit1882

smash1882

misfield1886

fumble1895

run-up1897

mishitting1900

balloon1904

carryback1905

placement1909

tonk1922

trick shot1924

retrieve1952

sizzler1960

undercut1960

shotmaking1969

1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field v. 79 At Woolwich he hit a volley to long field for nine.

1862 Temple Bar 6 282 [Mr. Budd] is said to have hit a volley to long-field for nine.

1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 124 The match was..loudly applauded every now and then by the spectators, when a brilliant volley was called, or a smash was declared.

1902 Sat. Rev. 12 July 51/1 Instruction is given in the underhand volley [in lawn-tennis].

c. = volleyer n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > player > types of

volley1878

volleyer1878

foot-faulter1893

match-player1894

net player1919

double-faulter1921

smasher1921

tennis-professional1938

tennis-pro1942

counterpuncher1944

retriever1974

1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 112 He was a powerful force, and a capital volley.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

volley-boast n.

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1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 197 He..would generally return it by a volley-boast against the main-wall.

volley loophole n.

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1898 G. S. Robertson Chitral xxiii. 225 Volley loopholes are good against an enemy that attacks with a masterful rush.

† volley-shot n. Obsolete

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > simultaneous

volley1573

salve1577

salvo1591

volley-shot1689

platoon1706

fusillade1801

fusillading1839

1689 London Gaz. No. 2433/3 The Night concluded with Dancing, Bells Ringing, Bonfires, Volly-shots.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3793/3 The 2 Companies of Foot..gave a Volley Shot at each Proclamation.

volley system n.

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1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 2/3 There has for some time been a feeling in the air that the volley system was going.

C2.

volley-firing n. simultaneous firing at the word of command by successive parties of soldiers; also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing

point and blank1590

false fire1602

potting1613

point-blank1614

running fire1629

pounding1633

bulleting1635

platooning1706

sharp-shot1725

street firing1727

ricochet1740

fire curtain1744

plunging fire1747

reverse fire1758

sniping1773

enfilade1796

rapid fire1800

line-firing1802

concentric1804

sharpshooting1806

rake1810

sniping fire1821

cross-firing1837

file-firing1837

curved fire1854

night firing1856

file-fire1857

volley-firing1859

cross-fire1860

joy-firing1864

snap-shooting1872

stringing1873

pot-shooting1874

indirect fire1879

sweeping1907

rapid1913

curtain of fire1916

ripple1939

ripple-firing1940

ripple fire1961

1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 62 Every file is to have its own target, and the hits are to be counted as in volley firing.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 267 The superior efficacy of volley-firing and reserved fire.

1891 Daily News 2 Oct. 5/5 In the..Town Hall of Newcastle the representative fighting men of the Liberal party were assembled for volley firing.

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volleyv.

Brit.

/ˈvɒli/, U.S.

/ˈvɑli/

Forms: 1600s volly (1700s–1800s past tense vollied); 1500s– volley.

Etymology: < volley n.

1. transitive.

a. To utter (words, etc.) rapidly or impetuously. Usually with adverbs, as forth, off, out.

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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]

cacklec1230

chattera1250

clapc1315

jangle1377

blabberc1380

trattlea1425

pratea1475

chat1483

prattlea1500

prittle-prattlea1555

gabble1566

blatter?1567

gaggle1577

clacket1579

knap1581

prittle1583

clack1590

volley1591

tattle1593

prabble1603

out-babble1649

garrulate1656

gabber?1661

chime1697

spiel1904

chitter-chatter1928

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > say hastily or confusedly

rabblec1430

volley1591

sputtera1677

slobber1692

splutter1729

sputter1730

spuffle1861

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. G^v A Prophet new sprong vp, Whose diuination volleys wonders foorth.

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. A3^v If sobbs would helpe,..My heart should volie out deepe piercing plaints.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiiij Another flapmouthd mourner, blacke, and grim, Against the welkin, volies out his voyce.

1754 P. Hiffernan Hiberniad 37 She raves, and vollies off an horrid Cry.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. vii. 180 The bursts of applause which were vollied towards the stage.

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vii. 197 Sir Julius turned one heel, and volleyed out silver laughter.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vi. xii. 70 She saw an uncouth form..whose parted lips Volleyed their friendly warning in a storm.

b. To discharge (arrows, shot, etc.) in a volley.Cf. volleyed adj. 3.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space > simultaneously

volley1839

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > in volley

pass1681

volley1839

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 139 When the storm bends his bow, And volleys all his arrows off at once.

c. Tennis, etc. To return (a ball) in play before it touches the ground; to reply to (a service) in this way. Also, Association Football, to kick (the ball) before it touches the ground; to score (a goal) in this way.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (transitive)] > strike ball in specific way

cut1875

volley1875

smash1882

lob1889

block1895

overhit1919

softball1927

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > play association football [verb (transitive)] > actions to ball

smother1845

handle1869

middle1869

fist1909

volley1909

sidefoot1913

clear1947

convert1950

trap1950

square1972

welly1986

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) iii. i. v. 690/1 The service must not be volleyed.

1878 [see sense 2b].

1902 Sat. Rev. 12 July 51/2 It is bad policy to give the advice not to volley a lob.

1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1972 G. Green Great Moments in Sport: Soccer viii. 85 He vollied [sic] in Bowen's clever lob with half an hour left.

1976 Scotsman 25 Nov. 25/1 In 52 minutes Somner volleyed a goal from McQuade's cross.

1976 Norwich Mercury 10 Dec. It was he who provided the perfect pass for Mann to volley the ball against the St. Andrews crossbar before the interval.

d. Cricket. To bowl or deliver (a ball) which reaches the batter before bouncing. ? U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > bowl in specific manner

twist1816

overthrow1833

to bowl over the wicket1851

overpitch1851

bump1869

york1882

to break a ball1884

flog1884

to bowl round (or formerly outside) the wicket1887

turn1898

flick1902

curl1904

spin1904

volley1909

flight1912

to give (a ball) air1920

tweak1935

move1938

overspin1940

swing1948

bounce1960

cut1960

seam1963

dolly1985

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl.

e. To fire a volley or volleys at.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > simultaneously

fusillade1816

volley1908

1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd vii. ii. 293 Kempt's brigade..volleys Donzelot's columns murderously and repulses them.

2. absol.

a. To fire a volley (or volleys). Also in figurative context.Common in 19th-cent. journalistic use, probably after quot. 1855.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (intransitive)] > project through space > simultaneously

volleya1616

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > volley

volleya1616

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > simultaneously

platoon1780

volley1855

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 109 Then the Boy shall sing. The holding euery man shall beate as loud, As his strong sides can volly .

1855 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade iv, in Maud & Other Poems 153 Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Jan. 2/1 A large line of guerillas..decided swiftly that their presence and position were discovered, and swiftly they volleyed.

b. Tennis, etc. To hit or return the ball before it bounces; to make a volley-stroke.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke

volley1819

cut1875

to kill a ball1883

press1897

undercut1926

dink1939

moonball1982

softball1982

1819 Examiner 17 Feb. in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 867 He never volleyed [sc. at fives], but let the balls hop.

1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 197 A young player, if he fancies he can volley well, will always be apt to volley balls which would come well off the end-walls.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 July 7/2 F. Rooke..volleyed more effectively than his opponent.

3. intransitive.

a. To emit or produce sounds simultaneously or continuously, in a manner suggestive of firearms or artillery.In 19th-cent. use frequently in ‘to volley and thunder’, after quot. 1855 at sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)]

bicker1748

volley1810

chutter1948

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xxiii. 248 When its thunder broke,..while it vollied round the vault of Hell, Earth's solid arch was shaken with the shock.

1875 L. Morris Children of Street i Every day come they there, Afternoon foul or fair, Shouting and volleying.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxix. 296 For some time Alan volleyed upon the door, and his knocking only roused the echoes of the house.

b. To rush, roll, or stream with simultaneous motion; to shoot rapidly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > with simultaneous motion

volley1853

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. vii. 120 About a hundred thoughts volleyed through my mind in a moment.

1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley I. x. 129 The crest of the wave volleys up the incline.

c. To issue or be discharged in, or after the manner of, a volley.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > violently > in a volley

volley1887

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 78 Firebrands fly, stones volley, the weapons furnished of wrath.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 175 Molten masses of stone to the skies with a groan and a roar Volley in showers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	volley
释义	volleyn. Brit. /ˈvɒli/, U.S. /ˈvɑli/ Forms: α. 1500s volée, vole, (perhaps transmission error) voll, 1600s vollee, volle. β. 1500s vallew, 1500s–1600s volee, (1500s valee), volue. γ. 1500s–1700s vollie (1500s vallie, Scottish wollie), 1600s volie, 1600s–1800s plural vollies; 1500s voly, 1500s–1600s volly, 1600s volye, Irish English voylly. δ. 1500s–1600s voley, 1600s wolley, valley, 1500s– volley. Etymology: < French volée (12th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), = Provençal volada, Spanish volada, Italian volata < Romanic volāta, feminine noun < Latin volātus, past participle of volāre to fly. The spellings volue, vallew, are probably on the analogy of venue, vinew beside veny, vinny. 1. a. A simultaneous discharge of a number of firearms or artillery; a salvo. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > simultaneous volley1573 salve1577 salvo1591 volley-shot1689 platoon1706 fusillade1801 fusillading1839 α. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1850/2 The whole tyre began to play in such sorte, that within four volees, both sides of y^e house were battered through. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 48 They must abide at ye least a volee of Canons. γ. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 93 For ordinance thay dung at day and nycht By weirlyk volyis.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 143 The king..commandit to charge all the gunnis to gif the castell ane new wollie.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 163 The enemy played all the night upon them with great vollyes, but hurt onely three men.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 214/2 In grand Battalia's or feild service the souldier fires by Vollies or as some terme it, by Salves of shot.1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 318 A Dutch Company that conducted us out of Town gave three Vollies and went back again.1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 282 We then kept a continual Fire upon her of both great and small Arms, not firing in set Broadsides and Vollies.1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. viii. 103 Rifles, which sent their leaden messengers across the rock in vollies.δ. 1591 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 440 But from the Snailmount and the Ship-Ile in the Pond..there was a long volley of Chambers discharged.1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 203 They forced the gallions with a fewe volleies.1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 9 Let the first Ranke onely giue their volley,..and the second to passe through it, and so giue their volley.1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 169 We made some stay before the City,..and saluted it with a Volley both of all our great Guns, and of small shot.1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 355 We were by this Method able to fire six Volleys, half of us at a Time.1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 293 A loud coarse laugh burst out from each,—united as a volley of musquetry, and ending as abruptly.1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. v. 219 After firing a volley, the troops charged and put the enemy to the rout.1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 103 They level: a volley, a smoke and the clearing of smoke. b. Const. of (shot, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > volley of missiles showerOE volley1574 α. 1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. Aiv Too my farewell, certayne voll of shot discharged in hope of my good speede. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 83 b The valee of an 150. Canon shot. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 12 If our..Mosquettiers would give their volees of Mosquet shot uppon these shipboates full of men. 1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 231 At his putting into the grave 3 volles of smale shotte. β. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 105 These Troupes..hauing deliuered their Volue of Shot, shall marche away.c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 19 Givinge whole vallews of shott at our meetinge.c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 45 Wyatt..receaved his Generall with a vallew of small shott.γ. 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes v. iii. sig. F^v There is more pleasure in tuning of a voyce, then in a vollye of shotte.1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 59 Betwyxte everie greate shott a vallie of smale shott.1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 76 A great joy expressed by three Vollyes of shot, and the cheerfull sound of Drums.a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 261 The relife gaue a voylly of foure score shott amonge them.c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 74 From whence we received many volyes of shot in complement to my Lord Marshall.δ. 1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B2^v After many enterchanged voleies of..small shot.1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 192 Resembling a volley of shot speedily deliuered.1625 J. Mede Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 199 Which gave her a volley of fifteen hundred great shot.1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 143 His Men fell..as flat to the Ground, as if they had been shot to Death with a Volley of our Shot.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 186 He fired a volley of small-shot between the masts.1803 W. Scott Let. 27 Aug. (1932) I. 197 A volley of small shot fired through the window.1847 G. P. R. James Convict xvi Another volley of shot rang from behind the gateway of the town. c. transferred (spec. in Physiology), figurative, and in figurative context. Also without article (quot. 1749¹); cf. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > reception or transmission of impulses reflection1836 irradiation1847 conduction1855 diffusion1859 projection1872 conductivity1881 fusion1892 facilitation1894 reciprocal innervation1896 chemoreception1901 photoreception1902 neurotropism1905 proprioception1906 cheirokinaesthesia1913 schema1920 recruitment1923 conductance1926 volley1928 rectification1941 supersensitivity1949 mechanoreception1958 neurotransmission1961 electroreception1963 phototransduction1972 somatotopy1976 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 232 Thus haue we..spent a small volley vpon the Pontifician forces. 1738 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 15 Every one was pleased with your..compliments, and volleys have been shot off in return this afternoon, when I said I was coming to my room to write to you. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. viii. 46 I will pour My Vengeance in full Volley; and the Earth Shall dread to yield you Succour or Resource! 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. v. 350 She discharged a Volley of small Charms at once from her whole Countenance in a Smile. View more context for this quotation 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xlii. 22 Large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 315 Ginger-beer corks go off in volleys. 1928 Jrnl. Physiol. 65 276 The rhythmic discharge is due to a more or less synchronous activity in a large number of the optic nerve fibres. The different ganglion cells have given up their usual independent fire of impulses and have taken to firing volleys. 1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 253/2 Small localised changes in cortical potential, such as may follow the arrival of a sensory volley from the periphery, are completely lost in the background of much larger voltages produced by the rest of the cortical surface. †d. in volley, by simultaneous firing. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > simultaneous firing all at one shotec1330 in volley1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 42 There is yet another order of discharging of troupes of Muskets in vollie. e. Mining. ‘The act of exploding blasts in sections.’ ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 2. a. A shower or simultaneous flight of many missile weapons, as arrows, stones, etc. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > simultaneous stormOE volley1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 3 Our bowmen may shoot by vollies, as thick as hayle. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xiv. 215/1 The Britaines..auoided the volue of the Romans, showring downe withall great store of theirs vpon them. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 213 Over head the dismal hiss Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 208 Stones and Brands in ratling Vollies fly. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxxv. 368 The English shafts in vollies hailed. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iii. 92 Even thus fly all your shafts..but a breath of foolish affection ever crosses in the mid volley, and sways the arrow from the mark. b. Const. of. ΚΠ 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 31 b The Archers with their volees of arrowes did breake both horsmen and footmen. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. xxxvi. 696 The Romans..at the first onset and volie of shot..put them to flight. 1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes §126. 147 It was told him, that the enemie had such volleyes of arrowes, that they did hide the Sunne. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 210 The People..ply'd the Top of the Mosque with..Volleys of Stones. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 161 Furious discharges of volleys of arrows and stones. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 520 Their engines discharged a perpetual volley of stones and darts. 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 437 The mob rushed upon them with a volley of stones. c. poetic. A storm or shower of hail, rain, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > sudden flash1653 scat17.. volley1737 blirt1810 flurry1828 brash1849 skift1947 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 630/1 Wintry clouds, Surcharg'd with vollies of tumultuous hail, Or stores of sounding rain. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 141 The gloomy clouds find weapons, arrowy sleet, Skin-piercing volley, blossom-bruising hail. †3. a. A company or troop of birds, etc., in flight; a flight. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > group of volley1601 flight1604 angelry1805 angelhood1857 the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > bird that flies > group of flying birds flighta1325 volley1601 hover1842 rush1859 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 244 The ringe-doues are seene to come euerie yeere in great vollies ouer the sea. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 409 Birdes of praie, do not flie togither in volees and troupes. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 44 But to their Lord, now musing in his thought, A heauenly volie of light Angels flew. †b. A crowd or large number of persons or things. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > large or numerous legiona1325 rout?c1335 multitudec1350 thrave1377 cloudc1384 schoola1450 meiniec1450 throng1538 ruckc1540 multitudine1547 swarm1548 regiment1575 armya1586 volley1595 pile1596 battalion1603 wood1608 host1613 armada1622 crowd1628 battalia1653 squadron1668 raffa1677 smytrie1786 raft1821 squash1884 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. cvii. sig. Ee3 Therefore easily great Sommerset..With all the vollie of disgraces met. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxvii. 94 King Almerick himself wearied with whole volleys of miseries, ended his life of a bloudy flux. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 564 The Souldiers..finding their return intercepted by a valley of Archers. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 27 The Vollies of Duns, of believing Vintners, Tailors, Sempstresses. 4. a. An uttering or outpouring of numerous words, oaths, shouts, etc., in smart or rapid succession. Also without const. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > utterance of vocal sound > succession of utterances volley1590 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C2^v He giues vs a voley of Scriptures against Non Residents. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 32 A fine volly of words, gentlemen, & quickly shot off. View more context for this quotation 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 455 Whatsoeuer by them is performed, shall be sure to finde whole vollies of praises. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 52 I am resolved..to storme you with volyes of Love and Loyalty. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης x. 94 Those thousands of blaspheming Cavaliers about him, whose mouthes let fly Oaths and Curses by the voley. 1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 254. ⁋5 We heard a Volley of Oaths and Curses, lasting for a long while. 1779 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. i Let him have our grievances in a volley. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. vii. 83 Sir Robert..poured forth a volley of compliments. 1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 65 This, however, always produced a fresh volley from his wife. 1847 Illustr. London News 2 Oct. 219/2 Between them continuous volleys of what is called ‘chaff’ were kept up. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. v. 163 A volley of dire anathemas against those scoundrelly insurance chaps. b. Similarly of sighs, groans, cheers, laughter, etc. Also without const. ΚΠ 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 60 After a vole of broken sighes tempered with some teares hee fell a sleepe. 1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion iv. 270 Cries Of weeping Women, in lowd Vollies rise. 1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 A Throng Of short thicke sobs, whose thundring volleyes float..In panting murmurs. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xii. 16 What vollies of Sighs are sent from the Windows of Holborn. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 180 They burst out into volleys of laughter. 1877 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 334 Let this religion of Christ go down under a volley of merriment. 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. II. xv. 65 Giving a volley of British cheers. c. A succession of words of command rapidly or smartly delivered. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command > word of > succession of volley1796 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 38 The repetition of them by every other individual concerned, must not be strictly successive, but as much as can be in a volley. †5. at (the or a) volley, on (or o') the volley, at random, without consideration. Usually with verbs, esp. speak. Obsolete.After French à la volée. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 (a) 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 252 The king..they knew loued hir feruently,..although it were begun at the volue. 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Aavj^v The sundrie censures I shoulde incurre, by letting such a pamphlet fly abroad at such a time, when euery thing is taken at the voley. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. i. 24 in Wks. II 'Tis like a Ball at Tennis..When we doe speake at volley, all the ill We can one of another. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 125 Like those (who) speake at random at a voleye. 1686 F. Spence tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Miscellanea Pref. Otherwise we cannot lay hold of him, he speaks at volley and universally. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii^. 126 I have always known you..prompt to speak at the volley and without reflection.] (b)1630 P. Massinger Picture* sig. H4 What we spake on the voley begins to worke.1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 62 You must not giue credit To all that Ladies publiquely professe, Or talke, o'th vollee, vnto their seruants.1831 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 161/1 He never speaks ‘on the voley’ (that is to say, at random). 6. a. Real Tennis. The flight of a ball in play before it has touched the ground. Cf. fly n.² 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > types of play or stroke chasec1440 loss1591 volley1596 bandy1598 back-racket1608 service1611 force1662 serve1688 serving1688 Renshaw smash1881 pass1888 railroad service1890 kicker1936 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden To Rdr. sig. D ^v One that stands as it were at the line in a Tennis-court, and takes euerie ball at the volly. 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 112 He frequently takes a difficult service (at the volley) off the pent~house. b. Real Tennis, Tennis, Cricket, etc. A return stroke or hit at a ball before it has touched the ground; the action of so returning the ball. (Cf. half-volley n. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball bata1400 back-swing1577 banding1589 stroke1662 stop1773 swipe1788 hit1810 straik1820 screwing1825 return1833 volleying1837 return stroke1838 volley1851 swiper1853 shot1868 handling1870 screw kick1870 mishit1882 smash1882 misfield1886 fumble1895 run-up1897 mishitting1900 balloon1904 carryback1905 placement1909 tonk1922 trick shot1924 retrieve1952 sizzler1960 undercut1960 shotmaking1969 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field v. 79 At Woolwich he hit a volley to long field for nine. 1862 Temple Bar 6 282 [Mr. Budd] is said to have hit a volley to long-field for nine. 1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 124 The match was..loudly applauded every now and then by the spectators, when a brilliant volley was called, or a smash was declared. 1902 Sat. Rev. 12 July 51/1 Instruction is given in the underhand volley [in lawn-tennis]. c. = volleyer n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > player > types of volley1878 volleyer1878 foot-faulter1893 match-player1894 net player1919 double-faulter1921 smasher1921 tennis-professional1938 tennis-pro1942 counterpuncher1944 retriever1974 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 112 He was a powerful force, and a capital volley. Compounds C1. General attributive. volley-boast n. ΚΠ 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 197 He..would generally return it by a volley-boast against the main-wall. volley loophole n. ΚΠ 1898 G. S. Robertson Chitral xxiii. 225 Volley loopholes are good against an enemy that attacks with a masterful rush. † volley-shot n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > simultaneous volley1573 salve1577 salvo1591 volley-shot1689 platoon1706 fusillade1801 fusillading1839 1689 London Gaz. No. 2433/3 The Night concluded with Dancing, Bells Ringing, Bonfires, Volly-shots. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3793/3 The 2 Companies of Foot..gave a Volley Shot at each Proclamation. volley system n. ΚΠ 1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 2/3 There has for some time been a feeling in the air that the volley system was going. C2. volley-firing n. simultaneous firing at the word of command by successive parties of soldiers; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 62 Every file is to have its own target, and the hits are to be counted as in volley firing. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 267 The superior efficacy of volley-firing and reserved fire. 1891 Daily News 2 Oct. 5/5 In the..Town Hall of Newcastle the representative fighting men of the Liberal party were assembled for volley firing. Thesaurus » Categories » volley gun n. a form of machine-gun which fires bullets successively or in a volley (Knight, 1884). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). volleyv. Brit. /ˈvɒli/, U.S. /ˈvɑli/ Forms: 1600s volly (1700s–1800s past tense vollied); 1500s– volley. Etymology: < volley n. 1. transitive. a. To utter (words, etc.) rapidly or impetuously. Usually with adverbs, as forth, off, out. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] cacklec1230 chattera1250 clapc1315 jangle1377 blabberc1380 trattlea1425 pratea1475 chat1483 prattlea1500 prittle-prattlea1555 gabble1566 blatter?1567 gaggle1577 clacket1579 knap1581 prittle1583 clack1590 volley1591 tattle1593 prabble1603 out-babble1649 garrulate1656 gabber?1661 chime1697 spiel1904 chitter-chatter1928 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > say hastily or confusedly rabblec1430 volley1591 sputtera1677 slobber1692 splutter1729 sputter1730 spuffle1861 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. G^v A Prophet new sprong vp, Whose diuination volleys wonders foorth. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. A3^v If sobbs would helpe,..My heart should volie out deepe piercing plaints. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiiij Another flapmouthd mourner, blacke, and grim, Against the welkin, volies out his voyce. 1754 P. Hiffernan Hiberniad 37 She raves, and vollies off an horrid Cry. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. vii. 180 The bursts of applause which were vollied towards the stage. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vii. 197 Sir Julius turned one heel, and volleyed out silver laughter. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vi. xii. 70 She saw an uncouth form..whose parted lips Volleyed their friendly warning in a storm. b. To discharge (arrows, shot, etc.) in a volley.Cf. volleyed adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space > simultaneously volley1839 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile) > in volley pass1681 volley1839 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 139 When the storm bends his bow, And volleys all his arrows off at once. c. Tennis, etc. To return (a ball) in play before it touches the ground; to reply to (a service) in this way. Also, Association Football, to kick (the ball) before it touches the ground; to score (a goal) in this way. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (transitive)] > strike ball in specific way cut1875 volley1875 smash1882 lob1889 block1895 overhit1919 softball1927 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > play association football [verb (transitive)] > actions to ball smother1845 handle1869 middle1869 fist1909 volley1909 sidefoot1913 clear1947 convert1950 trap1950 square1972 welly1986 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) iii. i. v. 690/1 The service must not be volleyed. 1878 [see sense 2b]. 1902 Sat. Rev. 12 July 51/2 It is bad policy to give the advice not to volley a lob. 1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1972 G. Green Great Moments in Sport: Soccer viii. 85 He vollied [sic] in Bowen's clever lob with half an hour left. 1976 Scotsman 25 Nov. 25/1 In 52 minutes Somner volleyed a goal from McQuade's cross. 1976 Norwich Mercury 10 Dec. It was he who provided the perfect pass for Mann to volley the ball against the St. Andrews crossbar before the interval. d. Cricket. To bowl or deliver (a ball) which reaches the batter before bouncing. ? U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > bowl in specific manner twist1816 overthrow1833 to bowl over the wicket1851 overpitch1851 bump1869 york1882 to break a ball1884 flog1884 to bowl round (or formerly outside) the wicket1887 turn1898 flick1902 curl1904 spin1904 volley1909 flight1912 to give (a ball) air1920 tweak1935 move1938 overspin1940 swing1948 bounce1960 cut1960 seam1963 dolly1985 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. e. To fire a volley or volleys at. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > simultaneously fusillade1816 volley1908 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd vii. ii. 293 Kempt's brigade..volleys Donzelot's columns murderously and repulses them. 2. absol. a. To fire a volley (or volleys). Also in figurative context.Common in 19th-cent. journalistic use, probably after quot. 1855. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (intransitive)] > project through space > simultaneously volleya1616 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > volley volleya1616 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > simultaneously platoon1780 volley1855 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 109 Then the Boy shall sing. The holding euery man shall beate as loud, As his strong sides can volly . View more context for this quotation 1855 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade iv, in Maud & Other Poems 153 Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Jan. 2/1 A large line of guerillas..decided swiftly that their presence and position were discovered, and swiftly they volleyed. b. Tennis, etc. To hit or return the ball before it bounces; to make a volley-stroke. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke volley1819 cut1875 to kill a ball1883 press1897 undercut1926 dink1939 moonball1982 softball1982 1819 Examiner 17 Feb. in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 867 He never volleyed [sc. at fives], but let the balls hop. 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 197 A young player, if he fancies he can volley well, will always be apt to volley balls which would come well off the end-walls. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 July 7/2 F. Rooke..volleyed more effectively than his opponent. 3. intransitive. a. To emit or produce sounds simultaneously or continuously, in a manner suggestive of firearms or artillery.In 19th-cent. use frequently in ‘to volley and thunder’, after quot. 1855 at sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] bicker1748 volley1810 chutter1948 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xxiii. 248 When its thunder broke,..while it vollied round the vault of Hell, Earth's solid arch was shaken with the shock. 1875 L. Morris Children of Street i Every day come they there, Afternoon foul or fair, Shouting and volleying. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxix. 296 For some time Alan volleyed upon the door, and his knocking only roused the echoes of the house. b. To rush, roll, or stream with simultaneous motion; to shoot rapidly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > with simultaneous motion volley1853 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. vii. 120 About a hundred thoughts volleyed through my mind in a moment. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley I. x. 129 The crest of the wave volleys up the incline. c. To issue or be discharged in, or after the manner of, a volley. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > violently > in a volley volley1887 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 78 Firebrands fly, stones volley, the weapons furnished of wrath. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 175 Molten masses of stone to the skies with a groan and a roar Volley in showers. 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