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sally

1

[ sal-ee ]

noun

plural sallies.
  1. a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
  2. a sudden rushing forth or activity.
  3. an excursion or trip, usually off the main course.
  4. an outburst or flight of passion, fancy, etc.:

    a sally of anger.

  5. a clever, witty, or fanciful remark.

    Synonyms: ,

  6. Carpentry. a projection, as of the end of a rafter beyond the notch by which the rafter is fitted over the wall plate.


verb (used without object)

sallied, sallying.
  1. to make a sally, as a body of troops from a besieged place.
  2. to set out on a side trip or excursion.
  3. to set out briskly or energetically.
  4. (of things) to issue forth.

Sally

2
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[ sal-ee ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Sarah.

Sally

1

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. a member of the Salvation Army
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sally

2

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. a sudden violent excursion, esp by besieged forces to attack the besiegers; sortie
  2. a sudden outburst or emergence into action, expression, or emotion
  3. an excursion or jaunt
  4. a jocular retort
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make a sudden violent excursion
  2. often foll by forth to go out on an expedition, etc
  3. to come, go, or set out in an energetic manner
  4. to rush out suddenly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sally

3

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. the lower part of a bell rope, where it is caught at handstroke, into which coloured wool is woven to make a grip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • l· noun
  • dzܳȴl verb (used with object) outsallied outsallying
  • ܲ·l·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sally1

1535–45; < Middle French saillie attack, noun use of feminine past participle of saillir to rush forward < Latin ī to leap
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sally1

C16: from Old French saillie, from saillir to dash forwards, from Latin ī to leap

Origin of sally2

C19: perhaps from an obsolete or dialect sense of sally 1leaping movement
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Example Sentences

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The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.

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The daisy over his shoulder, he sallied back toward his wife, very pleased with himself.

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Chess, by and large, is a war game played by nonmartial people who would have trouble identifying the business end of an M16 or explaining the difference between an embrasure and a sally port.

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However, despite learning much about scarce yellow sally, the scientists still have no idea how it got its name.

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Police said inmate Orlando Mitchell, 34, assaulted Durm on Monday while the van was inside the sally port, or fortified entrance, of the Adult Detention Center on the city’s south side.

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