Rally

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹæl.i/
• Rhymes: -æli

Old French ralier (French rallier), from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare ("to bind; to ally").

Full definition of rally

Noun

1. A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
2. (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
3. (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
4. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Hyponyms

• (increase in value) dead cat bounce

Verb

1. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
2. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
• DrydenThe Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
• TillotsonInnumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
3. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
4. (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Synonyms

• (gather, unite, especially troops) muster
• (increase in value) bounce back, rebound

Antonyms

• (increase in value) decline

Derived terms

• rallying point

French railler. See rail ("to scoff").

Verb

1. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
• AddisonHoneycomb ... raillies me upon a country life.
• GayStrephon had long confessed his amorous pain
  Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.

Noun

1. Good-humoured raillery.