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:

Examples

45 sentences

  1. Sally was constantly changing her hairstyle.

    Саллі постійно міняла свою зачіску. — deniko

    ruСалли постоянно меняла свою причёску. — heccele

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

    Саллі на дієті впродовж останнього місяця. — quez

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

    Саллі розміняла двадцяти доларову банкноту по п'ятидоларових. — anastasishko

    ruСалли разменяла купюру в двадцать долларов на купюры по пять. — marafon

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Meaning

12 senses

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

    Ausfall, Versuch

    вы́лазкаvýlazka

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

    geistreiche Bemerkung, Stichelei, Witzelei

    остро́таostróta, остроу́мная ре́пликаostroúmnaja réplika

  3. An excursion or side trip.

    Ausflug

More meanings 9

  1. A sudden rushing forth.

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

    Ausfall, Vorstürmen, Anstürmen

  2. A willow.

  3. Any tree that resembles a willow.

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

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

  6. A kind of stonefly.

  7. A wren.

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

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

More definitions
  • witty remark
  • a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
  • a venture off the beaten path

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
(slang)A member of the Salvation Army:Salvo
Close in meaning
  • witty remark:wisecrackcrackquip
  • a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position:sortie
  • a venture off the beaten path:sallying forth

Word family

3 related words
Relatedsalientsally port
Derivedsally-picker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
salivateC1sallowsalmonB1salmonella

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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