Dictionary entry

Volley

Pronunciation: /ˈvɒli/

Pronunciation

/ˈvɒli/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အမြောက်အမြား။

Definition

volley /'vɒli/ n ၁။ ၿပိဳင္တရစပ္ပစ္ျခင္း။ A volley of shots rang out. ❍ Police fired a volley over the heads of the crowd. Compare SALVO ၂။ တရစပ္။ ဆက္တိုက္။ တစ္ၿပံဳတစ္ေခါင္း။ a volley of abuse/insults/protest ❍ She was subjected to ၃။ ေဘာလံုးေျမသို႔မက်မီ ႐ိုက္ခ်က္၊ ကန္ျခင္း။ She hit a forehand volley into the net (ie in tennis). v ေဘာလံုးေျမသို႔မက်မီ ႐ိုက္သည္၊ ကန္သည္။ He volleyed (the ball) into the net.

Examples

  1. A volley of abuse
  2. A volley of bullets
  3. There was a sudden volley of rifle fire.
  4. A forehand/backhand volley (=in tennis etc)