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Definition of Sally
1. Noun. Witty remark.
Generic synonyms: Comment, Input, Remark
Derivative terms: Crack, Quip, Wisecrack
2. Noun. A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.
Generic synonyms: Action, Military Action
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
3. Noun. A venture off the beaten path. "A sally into the wide world beyond his home"
Definition of Sally
1. v. i. 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.
2. n. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
Definition of Sally
1. to rush out suddenly [v -LIED, -LYING, -LIES]
Medical Definition of Sally
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Origin: F. Saillie, fr. Sailir. See Sally.
1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
2. 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. "Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss." (Bacon)
3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. "Every one 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." (Locke)
4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind. "The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies." (Sir W. Scott)
5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. "The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth." (Sir H. Wotton) Sally port.
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