sally
noun
1 sally
Witty remark.
synonyms: crack, quip, wisecrack.
Roget 842:
wit,
humor,
wittiness;
sense of humor;
attic wit,
attic salt;
atticism†;
salt,
esprit,
point,
fancy,
whim,
drollery,
pleasantry.
farce,
buffoonery,
fooling,
tomfoolery;
shenanigan [U.S.],
harlequinade
etc.
599†;
broad farce,
broad humor;
fun,
espieglerie [Fr.];
vis comica [Lat.].
jocularity;
jocosity,
jocoseness†;
facetiousness;
waggery,
waggishness;
whimsicality;
comicality
etc.
853.
banter,
badinage,
retort,
repartee,
smartness,
ready wit,
quid-pro-quo;
ridicule
etc.
856.
jest,
joke,
jape,
jibe;
facetiae [Lat.],
levity,
quips and cranks;
capital joke;
canorae nugae [Lat.];
standing jest,
standing joke,
private joke,
conceit,
quip,
quirk,
crank,
quiddity,
concetto†,
plaisanterie [Fr.],
brilliant idea;
merry thought,
bright thought,
happy thought;
sally;
flash of wit,
flash of merriment;
scintillation;
mot [Fr.],
mot pour rire [Fr.];
witticism,
smart saying,
bon-mot,
jeu d'esprit [Fr.],
epigram;
jest book;
dry joke,
quodlibet,
cream of the jest.
word-play,
jeu de mots [Fr.];
play of words,
play upon words;
pun,
punning;
double entente,
double entendre [Fr.]
etc.
(ambiguity)
520;
quibble,
verbal quibble;
conundrum
etc.
(riddle)
533;
anagram,
acrostic,
double acrostic,
trifling,
idle conceit,
turlupinade†.
old joke,
tired joke,
flat joke,
Joe Miller†.
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2 sally
A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.
synonym: sortie.
Roget 716:
attack;
assault,
assault and battery;
onset,
onslaught,
charge.
aggression,
offense;
incursion,
inroad,
invasion;
irruption;
outbreak;
estrapade†,
ruade†;
coupe de main,
sally,
sortie,
camisade†,
raid,
foray;
run at,
run against;
dead set at.
storm,
storming;
boarding,
escalade†;
siege,
investment,
obsession†,
bombardment,
cannonade.
fire,
volley;
platoon fire,
file fire;
fusillade;
sharpshooting,
broadside;
raking fire,
cross fire;
volley of grapeshot,
whiff of the grape,
feu d'enfer [Fr.].
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
pass,
passado†,
carte and tierce [Fr.],
home thrust;
coupe de bec [Fr.];
kick,
punch
etc.
(impulse)
276.
battue†,
razzia†,
Jacquerie,
dragonnade†;
devastation
etc.
162;
eboulement [Fr.].
assailant,
aggressor,
invader.
base of operations,
point of attack;
echelon.
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Dutch: uitval
3 sally
A venture off the beaten path:
— A sally into the wide world beyond his home.
synonym: sallying forth.
verb
Roget 293:
depart;
go away;
take one's departure,
set out;
set off,
march off,
put off,
start off,
be off,
move off,
get off,
whip off,
pack off,
go off,
take oneself off;
start,
issue,
march out,
debouch;
go forth,
sally forth;
sally,
set forward;
be gone;
hail from.
leave a place,
quit,
vacate,
evacuate,
abandon;
go off the stage,
make one's exit;
retire,
withdraw,
remove;
vamoose [Slang],
vamose [U.S.];
go one's way,
go along,
go from home;
take flight,
take wing;
spring,
fly,
flit,
wing one's flight;
fly away,
whip away;
embark;
go on board,
go aboard;
set sail' put to sea,
go to sea;
sail,
take ship;
hoist blue Peter;
get under way,
weigh anchor;
strike tents,
decamp;
walk one's chalks,
cut one's stick;
take leave;
say good bye,
bid goodbye
etc.
n.;
disappear
etc.
449;
abscond
etc.
(avoid)
623;
entrain;
inspan†.
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