rally | |
1. n. A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause | |
2. n. (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point. | |
3. n. (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. n. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.) | |
5. v. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. | |
6. v. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite. | |
7. v. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate. | |
8. v. (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc. | |
9. v. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly. | |
10. n. Good-humoured raillery. | |