All 3 Uses of
volley
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Pallbearers, gold reins, requiem mass, firing a volley.†
Chpt 6
- And he let a volley of oaths after him.†
Chpt 12 *
- Private Carr and Private Compton, swaggersticks tight in their oxters, as they march unsteadily rightaboutface and burst together from their mouths a volleyed fart.†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(volley as in: a volley of...) a rapid or simultaneous discharge of bullets or other projectiles
or:
a rapid or simultaneous series of similar (and usually antagonistic) events -- such as protests or criticisms
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(volley in tennis) a tennis stroke in which a player hits the ball before it bounces
or:
in the form, long volley: many uninterrupted returns over the net