Sally

Word SALLY
Character 5
Hyphenation sal ly
Pronunciations /ˈsæli/

Definitions and meanings of "Sally"

What do we mean by sally?

To rush out or leap forth suddenly. intransitive verb

To issue suddenly from a defensive or besieged position to attack an enemy. intransitive verb

To set out on a trip or excursion. intransitive verb

A sudden rush forward or leap. noun

An assault from a defensive position; a sortie. noun

A sudden effort toward action or expression. noun

A sudden quick witticism; a quip. noun

A venturing forth; a jaunt. noun

Same as sallow. noun

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.

A leap or spring; a darting; a dance. noun

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. noun

A run or excursion; a trip or jaunt; a going out in general. noun

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. noun

An outburst, as of imagination, fancy, merriment, etc.; a flight; hence, a freak, frolic, or escapade. noun

See salenixon. noun

The wren, Troglodytes parvulus. noun

A kind of stone-fly; one of the Perlidæ: as, the yellow sally, Chloroperla viridis, much used by anglers in England. noun

A willow

Any tree that looks like a willow

An object made from the above trees' wood

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sally

The word "sally" in example sentences

'Squander the hell-rook ranks sally to molest him' means 'Scatter the ranks that sally to molest him': but since the words _squander_ and _sally_ occupy similar positions in the two sections of the verse, and are enforced by a similar accentuation, the second verb deprived of its pronoun will follow the first and appear as an imperative; and there is nothing to prevent its being so taken but the contradiction that it makes in the meaning; whereas the grammar should expose and enforce the meaning, not have to be determined by the meaning. ❋ Gerard Manley Hopkins (1866)

And as you said, most jails do have what they call a sally port. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Miranda urged him to come over to the insurgent side but Santa Anna made a bold sally from the city and broke the siege. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And yes mummy, sally is browner (and thankfully smaller than Clifford). ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

Of such soldiers, few could be tempted to sally from the gates; and none could be persuaded to remain in the field, unless they wanted strength and speed to escape from the ❋ Unknown (1206)

The Apulian and Ragusian vessels fled to the shore, several were cut from their cables, and dragged away by the conqueror; and a sally from the town carried slaughter and dismay to the tents of the Norman duke. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Durazzo to assist their own deliverance by a well-timed sally from the town. ❋ Unknown (1206)

a timely sally from the town; and he had fixed his lieutenant, ❋ Unknown (1206)

a sally from the Capitol; and if the numbers and valor of the ❋ Unknown (1206)

Foremost in pressing for the sally were the Acharnians, as constituting no small part of the army of the state, and as it was their land that was being ravaged. ❋ Thucydides (2005)

Even a captain in war must know the special virtues and vices of the enemy: which nation is ablest to make a sudden sally, which is stouter to entertain the shock in open field, which is subtlest of the contriving of an ambush. ❋ Clare Howard (N/A)

Excuse this sally, which is more warm than just; for even this assembly was not without a few lovely creatures. ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

It is to have two floors and a small garage known as a sally port, which allows police to transport prisoners in and out of the building without coming in contact with the general public. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Church and 'sally' might just as well be on another planet, let alone the same island. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

It wasn't winter on my visit, but the light was thinking about failing until I arrived at the door and the sun found its way around the clouds and through a tiny gap in the trees in order to light the west front and the single bellrope, or 'sally' as I now know it's called. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

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