See Also: Trumpeter(medicine)
trumpeter(dictionary)
trumpeter(dictionary)
trumpeter swan(encyclopedia)
volley(2)(dictionary)
volley(medicine)
volley 1, noun(dictionary)
volley 2, verb(dictionary)
Volley - Table Tennis(gambling)
Half-Volley - Tennis(gambling)

volley(2) (iou) and Trumpeter (medicine)


volley(2) (iou)



volley verb. L16.
[from the noun.]
I. verb trans.
Utter (words etc.) rapidly or impetuously. Usu. foll. by adverbs, as off, out. Chiefly literary. L16.
a. Discharge (arrows, shot, etc.) in a volley. Orig. & chiefly as volleyed ppl adjective. M18.
b. Fire a volley or volleys at. rare. E20.
Hit or strike (a ball) in a volley; spec. (a) (Tennis etc.) return (a ball) in play before it touches the ground; (b) Football kick (the ball) before it touches the ground; score (a goal) in this way; (c) Cricket bowl or deliver (a ball) which reaches the batsman before bouncing. L19.
II. verb intrans.
Fire a volley or volleys. E17.
a. Emit or produce short sounds simultaneously or in continuous succession. E19.
b. Issue or be discharged in or like a volley; rush or stream with great rapidity; shoot rapidly. M19.
Sport. Hit or return the ball before it bounces; make a volley. E19.
serve-and-volley: see SERVE verb1.
volleyer noun (Sport) a person who volleys L19.

Trumpeter (medicine)


trumpeter


1. One who sounds a trumpet.

2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces. "These men are good trumpeters." (Bacon)

3. <ornithology> Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. Crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with Other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik. A variety of the domestic pigeon.

An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.

4. <zoology> A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a Food fish.

Source: Websters Dictionary