volley

Noun

• a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

• rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  • our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
    

Verb

• utter rapidly
  • volley a string of curses
    

• make a volley

• discharge in, or as if in, a volley
  • the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians
    

• hit before it touches the ground
  • volley the tennis ball
    

• be dispersed in a volley
  • gun shots volleyed at the attackers
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fusillade , salvo , burst