SALLY
\sˈali], \sˈali], \s_ˈa_l_i]\
Definitions of SALLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
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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.
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An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
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A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
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Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
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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.
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An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
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A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
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Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
By Noah Webster.
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A sudden rushing forth of troops from a fortified place to attack a besieging enemy; sudden outburst of wit.
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To rush out, as troops from a besieged town; rush forth suddenly.
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Sallied.
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Sallying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A leaping or bursting out: a sudden rushing forth of troops to attack besiegers: excursion: outburst of fancy, wit, etc.: levity.
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To rush out suddenly:-pa.t. and pa.p. sallied.
By Daniel Lyons
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