rally
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) ralier ((etyl) rallier), from (etyl) prefix .
Noun
(rallies)
A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
(squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving]] and [[score, scoring a point.
(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.
(business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices; — said of the market, stocks, etc.
Hyponyms
* (increase in value) (l)
Verb
(en-verb)
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
* Dryden
- The Grecians rally , and their powers unite.
* Tillotson
- Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
To collect one’s vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
(business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; — said of the market, stocks, etc.
Synonyms
* (l)
* (increase in value) (l), (l)
Antonyms
* (increase in value) (l)
Derived terms
* rallying point
Etymology 2
(etyl) railler. See .
Verb
(en-verb)
To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
* Addison
- Honeycomb raillies me upon a country life.
* Gay
- Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain / Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.
Noun
(–)
Good-humoured raillery.
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rebound
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rebondir.
Noun
(en noun )
The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- I am on the rebound .
An effort to recover from a setback.
A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.
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(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 28
, author=Kevin Darling
, title=West Brom 1 – 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC
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, passage=The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar. }}
(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
Verb
(en verb )
To bound or spring back from a force.
* Sir Isaac Newton
- Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=August 23
, author=Alasdair Lamont
, title=Hearts 0-1 Liverpool
, work=BBC Sport
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, page=
, passage=Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net.}}
To give back an echo.
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(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
- (Alexander Pope)
To send back; to reverberate.
* Dryden
- Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound , / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.
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