gunfire vs volley

gunfire

noun
  • Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report. 

  • The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets. 

  • The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun. 

  • Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade. 

volley

noun
  • The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. 

  • A burst or emission of many things at once. 

  • The flight of a ball just before it bounces. 

  • A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground. 

  • A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. 

verb
  • To make a volley 

  • To sound together 

  • To fire a volley of shots 

  • To hit the ball before it touches the ground 

  • To be fired in a volley 

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