Sally

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To rush out or leap forth suddenly.
  • verb-intransitive. To issue suddenly from a defensive or besieged position to attack an enemy.
  • verb-intransitive. To set out on a trip or excursion: sallied forth to see the world.
  • n. A sudden rush forward; a leap.
  • n. An assault from a defensive position; a sortie.
  • n. A sudden emergence into action or expression; an outburst.
  • n. A sudden quick witticism; a quip. See Synonyms at joke.
  • n. A venturing forth; a jaunt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A willow
  • n. Any tree that looks like a willow
  • n. An object made from the above trees' wood
  • n. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
  • n. A sudden rushing forth.
  • n. A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
  • n. An excursion or side trip.
  • n. A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
  • v. To make a sudden attack on an enemy from a defended position.
  • v. To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
  • v. To venture off the beaten path.
  • n. A member of the Salvation Army.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
  • n. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
  • n. A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
  • n. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
  • n. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
  • n. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as sallow.
  • n. A leap or spring; a darting; a dance.
  • n. A sudden rush, dash, or springing forth; specifically, a sudden and determined rush or eruption of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers; a sortie: as, the garrison made a sally.
  • n. A run or excursion; a trip or jaunt; a going out in general.
  • n. In architecture, a projection; the end of a piece of timber cut with an interior angle formed by two planes across the fibers, as the feet of common rafters.
  • n. An outburst, as of imagination, fancy, merriment, etc.; a flight; hence, a freak, frolic, or escapade.
  • To leap; spring; dance.
  • To leap, dash, or spring forth; burst out; specifically, to make a sally, as a body of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers; hence, to set out briskly or energetically.
  • To mount; copulate with: said of horses.
  • n. The wren, Troglodytes parvulus.
  • n. A kind of stone-fly; one of the Perlidæ: as, the yellow sally, Chloroperla viridis, much used by anglers in England.
  • n. Also applied to several species of trees belonging to the genus Eucalyptus.
  • n. Acacia melanoxylon. See blackwood, 2.
  • n. Eucryphia Moorei. See plum, 7.
  • n. See salenixon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a venture off the beaten path
  • n. a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
  • n. witty remark
  • Verb Form
    sallied    sallies    sallying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    venture    action    military action    input    remark    comment   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    sallied   
    Form
    sallied    sallying    sally rod   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    darting    spring    sortie    range    digression    deviation    frolic    escapade    issue    flight   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allie    Cali    Challis    Halle    Halley    Hally    Lally    Sallee    Sallie    alie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    raillery    quip    badinage    repartee    epigram    foray    vivacity    prank    skirmish    satire