different between vooley vs volley

English

Etymology

Spelling representing a US pronunciation of the French word voulez.

Verb

vooley

1. Pronunciation spelling indicating a non-French-speaker pronouncing the French word voulez.
   • 1991, James White, Clara's Call, Unknown Soldier, page 18:

     She implied that a fully modern girl like herself didn't need to be told what happened after a man asked, "Vooley voo?" She thought a man's man could be forgiven what he did while he was far from home and close to death.

   • 1935, Crosbie Garstin, The Sunshine Settlers, page 226:

     "Non, course not," the farrier grumbled. "We're hout in the medders makin' daisy-chains an' henjoyin' the glorious sunshine. Ker vooley voo? Coin' to start one o' yer popular fatigues?"

   • 1923, Woman's Home Companion, Volume 50, Issues 7-12, page 8:

     "Vooley voo le vooley voo," said he fiercely, at the same time looking at me suspiciously.

See also

• voolay

English

Etymology

From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Noun

volley (plural volleys)

1. The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
2. A burst or emission of many things at once.

   • When we do speak at volley
3. (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
4. (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
5. (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Translations

Verb

volley (third-person singular simple present volleys, present participle volleying, simple past and past participle volleyed)

1. (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
2. (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
3. (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
4. (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
5. To sound together

Translations

Derived terms

• half volley
• scorpion volley
• volleyball

Anagrams

• Lovely, lovely

French

Etymology

From English volleyball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.l?/

Noun

volley m (uncountable)

1. (sports, colloquial) volleyball

Synonyms

• volley-ball, volleyball

Further reading

• “volley” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

volley m (invariable)

1. volleyball

   Synonym: pallavolo

Derived terms

• vollistico