Meaning

12 senses
  1. A willow.

  2. Any tree that resembles a willow.

  3. An object made from the wood of a willow.

  4. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.

    Ausfall, Versuch

    вы́лазкаvýlazka

    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

  5. A sudden rushing forth.

    Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.

    Ausfall, Vorstürmen, Anstürmen

  6. (figuratively)A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.

    geistreiche Bemerkung, Stichelei, Witzelei

    остро́таostróta, остроу́мная ре́пликаostroúmnaja réplika

    witty remark

  7. An excursion or side trip.

    Ausflug

  8. A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.

  9. (New Zealand, slang)A member of the Salvation Army.

  10. A kind of stonefly.

  11. A wren.

  12. (Canada, US, slang)The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.

Examples

45 sentences
  1. Sally was constantly changing her hairstyle.

    Саллі постійно міняла свою зачіску.

    ruСалли постоянно меняла свою причёску.

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  2. Sally has been on a diet since last month.

    Саллі на дієті впродовж останнього місяця.

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  3. Sally exchanged a twenty-dollar bill for five-dollar bills.

    Саллі розміняла двадцяти доларову банкноту по п'ятидоларових.

    ruСалли разменяла купюру в двадцать долларов на купюры по пять.

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  4. Sally gave him a Christmas present.

    deSally schenkte ihm etwas zu Weihnachten.

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  5. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sortie — see also sortie:
witty statement or quip:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
sortie — see also sortie:
sudden rushing forth:
witty statement or quip:
excursion or side trip:

Origin

From Middle English saly, from Old English saliġ, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow. Borro

From Middle English saly, from Old English saliġ, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow.

Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”).

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Forms

plural: sallies
Singularsally
Pluralsallies

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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