volley in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for volley in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.volley [Brit ˈvɒli, Am ˈvɑli] N

1. volley SPORTS:

volley (in tennis)

volée f

volley (in tennis)

volley m

volley (in soccer)

tiro m al volo

to miss a volley (in tennis)

mancare una volée

to practise one's volleys (in tennis)

esercitarsi nella volée

to hit or kick the ball on the volley

colpire la palla al volo

2. volley MIL:

volley (of gunfire)

raffica f (of di)

volley (of missiles)

pioggia f (of di)

3. volley (series) fig:

a volley of questions, words

una raffica di

a volley of insults, oaths

una sfilza di

II.volley [Brit ˈvɒli, Am ˈvɑli] VB trans

volley SPORTS (in tennis) ball

prendere [qc] di volée

volley (in soccer) ball

prendere [qc] al volo

III.volley [Brit ˈvɒli, Am ˈvɑli] VB intr SPORTS

volley (in tennis)

fare una volée

half-volley [Brit, Am ˈhæf ˌvɑli] N

half-volley

demi-volée f

half-volley

mezza volée f

serve-and-volley [Am ˌsərvənˈvɑli] ADJ SPORTS

serve-and-volley game

a rete, sotto rete, serve-and-volley

serve-and-volley player

che gioca sotto rete

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cross-court shot, volley

incrociato

angled shot, volley

angolato

to sb's forehand before n return, volley

di diritto

Translations for volley in the Italian»English Dictionary

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volée

volley

volée bassa

low volley

volée di diritto

forehand or drive volley

volée di rovescio

backhand volley

sassaiola

volley of stones

salva (scarica di colpi)

volley

una salva di insulti

a volley of insults

bordata (raffica) (di insulti, fischi)

volley

volley in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for volley in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.volley [ˈvɑ:·li] N

1. volley (salvo):

volley

salva f

2. volley (onslaught):

volley

raffica f

a volley of enquiries/insults

una raffica di domande/insulti

3. volley SPORTS:

volley

volée f inv

II.volley [ˈvɑ:·li] VB intr SPORTS

volley

fare una volée

III.volley [ˈvɑ:·li] VB trans

to volley a ball

colpire la palla

volley Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a volley of enquiries/insults

una raffica di domande/insulti

to volley a ball

colpire la palla

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Generally, battle opened with a volley of light spears from up to 18m yd (and frequently far less), followed by volleys of heavy spears ("pila").

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Line regiments fired in volleys, but skirmishers fired at will, taking careful aim at targets.

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It is an organized beach with umbrellas, as well as a beach bar, restaurant and tennis beach volley.

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I went on to the wood, tied the animals and was just gathering the wood when there was a volley fired in the camp.

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He scored in his debut with a beautiful volley with left.

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The battle started as both sides exchanged several volleys of gunfire from musketry and artillery.

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A volley can be extremely hard to aim and requires good foot-eye coordination and timing.

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For example when feeding for a drop volley, coaches often stand in a position in front of the pupil.

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They were driven off with heavy casualties by volleys of fire from the defenders.

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The rockets, which start in the volley of the first and last, had to run complete flight program and fall onto the assigned aiming points.

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