What is "rally"

Rally \Ral"ly\, n. Good-humored raillery.

Rally \Ral"ly\ (r[a^]l"l[y^]), v. i. To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.

Rally \Ral"ly\, v. i.

1. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.

   The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
   --Dryden.

   Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
   --Tillotson.

2. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.

3. To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Rally \Ral"ly\ (r[a^]l"l[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rallied (r[a^]l"l[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rallying.] [OF. ralier, F. rallier, fr. L. pref. re- + ad + ligare to bind. See Ra-, and 1st Ally.] To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

Rally \Ral"ly\, v. t. [F. railler. See Rail to scoff.] To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.

Honeycomb . . . rallies me upon a country life.
--Addison.

Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain, Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.
--Gay.

Syn: To banter; ridicule; satirize; deride; mock.

Rally \Ral"ly\, n.; pl. Rallies (r[a^]l"l[i^]z).

1. The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).

2. A political mass meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]

1650s, originally in the military sense of "a regrouping for renewed action after a repulse," from rally (v.1). Sense of "mass meeting to stir enthusiasm" first attested 1840, American English. Sense of "gathering of automobile enthusiasts" is from 1932, from French rallye, itself from the English noun. Sports sense of "long series of hits" in tennis, etc., is from 1881, earlier "series of back-and-forth blows in a boxing match" (1829).

"bring together," c.1600, from French rallier, from Old French ralier "reassemble, unite again," from re- "again" (see re-) + alier "unite" (see ally (v.)). Intransitive meaning "pull together hastily, recover order, revive, rouse" is from 1660s. Related: Rallied; rallying. Rally round the flag (1862) is a line from popular American Civil War song "Battle Cry of Freedom."

"make fun of, tease," 1660s, from French railler "to rail, reproach" (see rail (v.)).

Etymology 1 n. 1 A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause 2 (context squash table tennis tennis badminton English) A sequence of strokes between serve and score a point. 3 (context motor racing English) 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 (context business trading English) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc. vb. 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. 3 To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate. 4 (context business trading English) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc. Etymology 2

n. Good-humoured raillery. vb. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

1. n. a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm [syn: mass meeting]

2. the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" [syn: rallying]

3. a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

4. an automobile race run over public roads

5. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: exchange]

6. v. gather; "drum up support" [syn: beat up, drum up]

7. call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise] [ant: demobilize]

8. gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, summon, come up, muster up]

9. return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rebound]

10. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, ride]

11. [also: rallied]

Rally or rallye may refer to:

A rally in tennis is a collective name given to a sequence of back and forth shots between players, within a point.

A rally starts with the serve and the return of the serve, followed by continuous return shots until a point is scored which ends the rally.

"Rally" is the eighteenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 202nd episode overall.

A rally is a period of sustained increases in the prices of stocks, bonds or indexes. This type of price movement can happen during either a bull or a bear market, when it is known as either a bull market rally or a bear market rally, respectively. However, a rally will generally follow a period of flat or declining prices.

An increase in prices during a primary trend bear market is called a bear market rally. A bear market rally is sometimes defined as an increase of 10% to 20%. Bear market rallies typically begin suddenly and are often short-lived. Notable bear market rallies occurred in the Dow Jones index after the 1929 stock market crash leading down to the market bottom in 1932, and throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Japanese Nikkei 225 has been typified by a number of bear market rallies since the late 1980s while experiencing an overall long-term downward trend.