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sally
English
Alternative forms
- salley (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sæli/
- Rhymes: -æli
Etymology 1
From Middle English saly, from Old English sali?, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow.
Noun
sally (plural sallies)
- A willow
- Any tree that looks like a willow
- An object made from the above trees' wood
Derived terms
- sally rod
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin sal?re (“to leap”)
Noun
sally (plural sallies)
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
- An excursion or side trip.
- Everyone shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that […] goes still round in the same track.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
Translations
See also
- sally port
Verb
sally (third-person singular simple present sallies, present participle sallying, simple past and past participle sallied)
- (intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).
- The troops sallied in desperation.
- A feeding strategy of some birds is to sally out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch.
- (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
- As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action. - William Manchester
- (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
Translations
Etymology 3
salvation +? -y
Noun
sally (plural sallies)
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
Synonyms
- Salvo
Related terms
- Sally Army
Etymology 4
Unknown.
Noun
sally (plural sallies)
- A kind of stonefly.
- A wren.
Anagrams
- Sylla, lylas, y'all's
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outleap
English
Etymology
From out- +? leap.
Noun
outleap (plural outleaps)
- A sally; flight; escape.
- A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XIV, page 173
- The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XIV, page 173
Verb
outleap (third-person singular simple present outleaps, present participle outleaping, simple past and past participle outleapt or outleaped)
- To leap out, as if from an ambush.
- To leap beyond or farther than.
Anagrams
- peal out
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