SALVO
What does "SALVO" mean?
A simultaneous discharge of multiple guns or weapons, fired as one volley.
Meanings
- A simultaneous firing of several artillery pieces or firearms. The warship opened with a salvo that lit the whole horizon.
- A sudden, concentrated burst of words, criticism, or argument. Her opening salvo in the debate left her opponent scrambling. figurative
- A round of cheers, applause, or salutes delivered all at once. A salvo of applause greeted the returning champion.
Did you know?
- A salvo originally meant a salute, not an attack - its root traces to Latin 'salve', the same word Romans used to greet one another, so a deadly volley and a polite 'good day' share one ancestor.
Word origin
From Italian 'salva', a salute or volley of gunfire, ultimately from Latin 'salve' meaning 'hail' or 'be well', the standard Roman greeting.
Remember it
SALVO ends in O like 'all at once' - every gun fires together on the O.
A little poem
Every barrel speaks the single word,
one syllable of smoke the valley heard-
then nothing, where a sentence had occurred.
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Wordplay
- The debate champion's first salvo was so polite it was practically a salute - which, etymologically, it once was.
What it teaches
The strongest opening lands all at once; held in reserve, the same shots are only noise.
Quick facts
What does SALVO mean?
A simultaneous discharge of multiple guns or weapons, fired as one volley.
Is SALVO a valid word?
Yes — SALVO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SALVO?
SALVO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SALVO come from?
From Italian 'salva', a salute or volley of gunfire, ultimately from Latin 'salve' meaning 'hail' or 'be well', the standard Roman greeting.
What can SALVO teach us?
The strongest opening lands all at once; held in reserve, the same shots are only noise.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.