• IPA: /ˈsæli/

sally (plural sallies)

1. A willow
2. Any tree that looks like a willow
3. An object made from the above trees' wood

sally (plural sallies)

1. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
2. A sudden rushing forth.
3. (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
4. An excursion or side trip.
   • a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, OCLC 6963663 ↗:

     Everyone 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.

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

• German: Ausfall
• Italian: sortita
• Russian: вы́лазка

• German: Ausfall

• Russian: остро́та

• German: Ausflug

sally

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden attack on an enemy from a defended position.

   The troops sallied in desperation.

2. (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")

   As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action. -William Manchester

3. (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.

sally (plural sallies)

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

• Salvo

• Sally Army

sally (plural sallies)

1. A kind of stonefly.
2. A wren.

• IPA: /ˈsæ.li/

1. A female given name, also used as a formal given name.
   • 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Bantam Books (1970), page 114:

     She submitted―for what alternative did she have?―to being Sally in this family, but she always signed herself, Sarah.

   • 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset, Simon and Schuster (2009), ISBN 1416586652, page 8:

     Maybe her first name was Sally, but David thought he would have remembered a name like that; there were so few Sallys these days. Now the world belonged to Ambers, Ashleys, and Tiffanys.

2. (British) A nickname for the Salvation Army