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# sally

«sally» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl's name** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sally, sallies); verb (sally, sallies, sallied, sallying); proper noun (Sally) — a name

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Sally is a girl's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#m1)

2) (old, war) A sally is a sudden attack by soldiers rushing out from a castle or town that is under siege. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#m2)

3) (literary) A sally is a quick, witty remark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#m3)

4) (verb) To sally forth is to set out boldly, often jokingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons a sally is a castle attack; in stories, characters «sally forth» on adventures; «Aunt Sally» is an old fairground game. Phrases: sally forth, sally port.

### examples

- Sally is my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x1)
- The knights made a sally from the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x2)
- We sallied forth to the shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x3)
- His sally made everyone laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x4)
- The sally port was a small castle door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x5)
- Sally walked her dog in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x6)
- ‘Wasp’s-nest, Wasp’s-nest, make a sally, Or Drakestail nevermore may rally.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/#x7)

### note

As a name, capital S. Past: sallied. «Sally forth» is old-fashioned and often jokey.

### In the corpora

- [Sally Lightfoot crabs are bright red crabs that leap from rock to rock, eat algae and pick ticks off marine iguanas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.