How do you use volley in a sentence?

1. He fired off a volley of shots. 2. Our militia fired off volley after volley from anti – aircraft artillery.

What was a volley?

volley in American English

a. the flight of the ball before it hits the ground. b. the return of the ball before it hits the ground.

Is called a volley?

A volley in tennis is a shot in which the ball is struck before it bounces on the ground. Generally a player hits a volley while standing near the net, although it can be executed farther back, in the middle of the tennis court or even near the baseline. The word derives from M. French volée meaning flight.

What is an antonym of volley?

noun. ( ˈvɑːli) A tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces. Antonyms. ground stroke implode. return.

What is the synonym of habitual?

Some common synonyms of habitual are accustomed, customary, usual, and wonted. While all these words mean “familiar through frequent or regular repetition,” habitual suggests a practice settled or established by much repetition. a habitual morning routine.

How do you volley?

Push your fingers up and outward as the ball connects. The motion should feel more like a gentle push than a slap. The arms should cushion the weight of the ball when it connects, leaving the fingers to guide it only. Volley straight into the air, directing the ball only by the position of your hands.

What does half volley mean?

A half volley is a ball pitched so far up to the batsman that he can drive it fractionally after it has hit the ground without having to move forward. A yorker is a ball pitched on or inside the popping crease.

Is a half volley a volley?

A half-volley is when you strike the ball at the exact moment it bounces, or just after it bounces. If too much time (longer than half a second?) passes between the bounce and the strike then it is NOT a half-volley.

What is the difference between volley and salvo?

Edit: page 181 defines a volley as a series of one or more rounds per piece fired as rapidly as the material permits. A salvo is a series of one shot per piece fired at regular intervals from one flank to the other of a unit of artillery.

What is a volley in ping pong?

Let’s keep things simple and say that you should never, in any situation, hit the ball if it hasn’t touched your side of the table first. That is known as volley or “obstruction”, and it’s an illegal shot in table tennis. If you do this, you lose the point.

Where does the term volley come from?

volley (n.) 1570s, “discharge of a number of guns at once,” from French volee “flight” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *volta, fem. noun from Latin volatum, past participle of volare “to fly” (see volant).