volley (volleys plural & 3rd person present) (volleying present participle) (volleyed past tense & past participle )
1 verb In sport, if someone volleys the ball, they hit it before it touches the ground.
He volleyed the ball spectacularly into the far corner of the net... V n prep/adv
2 n-count A volley of gunfire is a lot of bullets that travel through the air at the same time.
It's still not known how many died in the volleys of gunfire...