sally

sally is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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. verb. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
3. verb. 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.
4. verb. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
5. verb. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
6. verb. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
7. noun. a venture off the beaten path

   "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"

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

   Synonyms: sortie

9. noun. witty remark

   Synonyms: crack, quip, wisecrack

Synonyms

sortie, crack, quip, wisecrack

Common word forms

sallied, sallier, sallies, sallying

Words from these letters

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