Definitions for rally

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rally ral·ly

Spelling: [ral-ee]

IPA: /ˈræl i/

Rally is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in rally (allry).

Definitions for rally

noun

1. a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
2. a renewal or recovery of strength, activity, etc.
3. a partial recovery of strength during illness.
4. a drawing or coming together of persons, as for common action, as in a mass meeting:
5. a get-together of hobbyists or other like-minded enthusiasts, primarily to meet and socialize.
6. Finance. a sharp rise in price or active trading after a declining market.
7. an exchange of strokes between players before a point is scored. the hitting of the ball back and forth prior to the start of a match.
8. Boxing. an exchange of blows.
9. Baseball. the scoring of one or more runs in one inning.
10. British Theater. a quickening of pace for heightening the dramatic effect in a scene or act.
11. Shipbuilding. a series of blows with battering rams, made in order to drive wedges under a hull to raise it prior to launching.
12. Also, rallye. a long-distance automobile race, especially for sports cars, held over public roads unfamiliar to the drivers, with numerous checkpoints along the route.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew:
2. to draw or call (persons) together for a common action or effort:
3. to concentrate or revive, as one's strength, spirits, etc.:
4. to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.

verb (used without object)

1. to come together for common action or effort:
2. to come together or into order again:
3. to come to the assistance of a person, party, or cause (often followed by to or around):
4. to recover partially from illness:
5. to find renewed strength or vigor:
6. Finance. (of securities) to rise sharply in price after a drop. (of the persons forming a stock market) to begin to trade with increased activity after a slow period.
7. (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to engage in a rally.
8. to participate in a long-distance automobile race.
9. Baseball. (of a team) to score one or more runs in one inning.

Origin of rally

1585-95; French rallier (v.), Old French, equivalent to r(e)- re- + allier to join; see ally

Examples for rally

I, who whip round corners and bluster, relapse and evade, then rally and pursue!

But I must rally all the powers I have remaining, and try to tear him from my heart.

Then the sun went down and the anger came back as a “Thank You NYPD” rally traded insults with counter-protestors.

Nat'rally I'm interested, because he parts with the thousand as though it was his heart's blood.

On October 14, Al Hirak held its largest protest ever with more than 100,000 people attending a rally in the port city of Aden.

She seemed to rally at the sight of him; the nurse was dismissed, they were left alone.

The Colonel tried to rally them to no effect, when O'Neill rode up and took command.

“I could get people to die for me any day,” the L.A. Times quoted Masters saying at the rally.

Along the path to the rally students held signs like the one that read,  “This is the cry of a people demanding freedom.”

“You may be the only person at that rally,” Bratton said of those who planned to show up.