[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sally \sal"ly\ sa^l"ly^, v. i. imp.  p. p. sallied
   -li^d; p. pr.  vb. n. sallying. f. saillir, fr. l.
   salire to leap, spring, akin to gr. "a`llesqai; cf. skr.
   s.r to go, to flow. cf. salient, assail, assault,
   exult, insult, saltation, saltire.
   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.
   1913 webster

         they break the truce, and sally out by night. --dryden.
   1913 webster

         the foe retires, -- she heads the sallying host.
                                                  --byron.
   1913 webster
see also:
sallied sallying salient assail assault exult 
insult saltation saltire 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sally \sal"ly\, n.; pl. sallies. f. saillie, fr. saillir. see
   sally, v.
   1. a leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            sallies were made by the spaniards, but they were
            beaten in with loss.                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. an excursion from the usual track; range; digression;
      deviation.
      1913 webster

            every one shall know a country better that makes
            often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down,
            than he that . . . goes still round in the same
            track.                                --locke.
      1913 webster

   4. a flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a
      flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
      1913 webster

            the unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his
            sallies.                              --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   5. transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness;
      act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
      1913 webster

            the excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth.
                                                  --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
      1913 webster

   sally port.
      a fort. a postern gate, or a passage underground, from
          the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress
          for troops in a sortie.
      b naval a large port on each quarter of a fireship,
          for the escape of the men into boats when the train is
          fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker
          or a large modern ironclad.
          1913 webster
see also:
sallies sally port 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sally
     n 1: witty remark syn: wisecrack, crack, quip
     2: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from
        their position syn: sortie
     3: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world
        beyond his home" syn: sallying forth
     also: sallied
see also:
wisecrack crack quip sortie sallying forth sallied 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

152 moby thesaurus words for "sally":
   access, aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack,
   aphorism, apothegm, arise, armed assault, assailing, assailment,
   assault, attack, bail out, banzai attack, be off, blitz,
   blitzkrieg, bon mot, boutade, break cover, break forth,
   breakthrough, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, burst,
   burst forth, campaign, charge, circuit, come, come forth, come out,
   conceit, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, course,
   crack, crippling attack, dead set at, debouch, descent on,
   disembogue, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, drollery,
   effuse, emanate, emerge, epigram, erupt, eruption, excursion,
   expedition, explosion, extrude, facetiae, flank attack, flare-up,
   flash of wit, flight of wit, frontal attack, gag, gas attack,
   get off, gibe, go forth, grand tour, gust, happy thought,
   head-on attack, infiltration, issue, issue forth, jape, jaunt,
   jest, journey, jump out, junket, lightning attack, lightning war,
   mass attack, megadeath, mot, mugging, nasty crack, offense,
   offensive, onset, onslaught, outing, outset, outstart, overkill,
   package tour, panzer warfare, peregrination, persiflage,
   pilgrimage, play of wit, pleasantry, pleasure trip, progress,
   protrude, push, put forth, quip, quips and cranks, repartee,
   retort, riposte, round trip, roundabout, rubberneck tour, run,
   run against, run at, rush, safari, sally forth, scintillation,
   set forth, set forward, set off, set out, shock tactics, shoot,
   smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, sortie, stalk, start,
   start off, start out, strike, strike out, stroke of wit, surface,
   tour, trek, trip, turn, turn of thought, unprovoked assault,
   voyage, waggery, wisecrack, witticism

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