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Meaning of salvo

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

salvo

Pronunciation:/ˈsælvəʊ//ˈsælvoʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

  2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

  3. (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.

  4. The combined cheers of a crowd.

verb

Definitions

  1. To discharge weapons in a salvo.