half volley

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half volley

A stroke in certain sports, such as tennis, in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces off the ground.

half volley Sport

(Individual Sports, other than specified) a stroke or shot in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces

vb half-volley

(Individual Sports, other than specified) to hit or kick (a ball) immediately after it bounces

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Noun

half volley - a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces

return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"

Translations

half volley n (Tennis) → demi-volée f inv

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half half-volley return tennis volley			Moore struck a half volley into the top corner of the home team's net, from a tight angle after 17 minutes as Rovers won away from Prenton for the first time this season. Quality strike doesn't surprise me - Barnes by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Fowler, the struggling club''s captain and marquee signing in its first year in the expanded competition, slotted home a neat half volley after connecting with team mate James Robinson''s cross in the Fury''s 3-3 draw with Adelaide United. Fowler on mark at last for struggling Fury by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) This was soon followed by a corner which fell to Mudd, who hit a powerful half volley to make it 2-0. Billingham by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			half note half page Half pay half pound Half price half relief half rest half rhyme Half round half seas over half shell Half shift half sister half snipe half sole half step half term half thickness Half tide Half time Half tint half title Half tone half track Half truth half volley Half year half-a-crown half-a-dollar half-and-half half-and-half dressing half-arsed half-asleep half-assed half-awake half-baked half-ball half-binding half-birthday half-blind half-blood half-blooded half-blue half-board half-boot half-bottle half-bound Half-breadth plan half-bred half-breed half-brother			Half tide half timber Half timbered Half time Half time Half tint half title Half tone Half tone Half tone Half tone Half Toning Half Toning Half Toning Half Toning half track half track Half Truck Load half truss Half truth Half Two half under Half value layer Half value layer half vision half vision half vision half vision half vision half vision half volley Half Wave Optical Thickness Half wave plate Half Wave/Full Wave Half way covenant Half Way House Half Way There Half Width At Half-Maximum Half Width at Zero Intensity Half year Half year Half Year Convention Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update Half Yearly Half Zero half-a-crown half-a-dollar Half-adder half-adjust half-and-half half-and-half half-and-half dressing half-and-half solder half-angle formulas Half-Arabian Horse Registry half-arc angle half-arsed half-arsed

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