volley

volley
['voli] 1. noun
1) (in tennis, the hitting of a ball before it bounces.) odboj žoge, preden pade na tla
2) (a burst of firing etc: a volley of shots; a volley of questions/curses.) salva
2. verb
1) (to hit (a ball etc) before it bounces: He volleyed the ball back to his opponent.) odbiti žogo preden pade na tla
2) (to fire a rapid burst of (bullets, questions etc).) izstreliti salvo
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I [vɔli]
noun
military salva; volej; figuratively toča, ploha, naliv (besed, kletvic); vihar (klicev odobravanja); sport odboj žoge, preden pade na tla
a volley of stones — toča kamenja
a volley of ten — salva iz 10 topov
a volley of oaths — toča kletvic
volley-ball sport vrnitev, odboj žoge, preden se dotakne tal
half volley — vrnitev, odboj žoge, kakor hitro se dotakne tal
II [vɔli]
transitive verb
izstreliti salvo (krogel); sport prestreči in odbiti (žogo) v zraku (preden se dotakne tal); figuratively iztresti, izliti (ploho besed itd.); intransitive verb biti izstreljen v salvi, leteti v salvi; sport odbijati žogo v zraku; istočasno ali enoglasno zagrmeti (o topovih)
the cannon volleyed on all sides — z vseh strani so grmeli topovi
stones volleyed — kamenje je deževalo

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