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As a noun rally

is a demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause or rally can be good-humoured raillery.

As a verb rally

is to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite or rally can be to tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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.

    • References

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----