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rallye

rallye is the dated form of rally.

Meaning of rally

Noun (1)

rally (plural rallies)

  1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
    • a campaign rally
  2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
    • a political rally
  3. (table tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
  4. 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.
  5. A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
    Synonyms:
    recovery moment

Noun (2)

rally (uncountable)

  1. Good-humoured raillery.

See all 11 meanings of rally

Forms of rallye

pluralrallyes

Questions about rallye

What is rallye the dated form of?
Rallye is the dated form of rally.

Words near rallye in the dictionary

  1. rally-cap
  2. rally-caps
  3. rallycross
  4. rallycrosser
  5. rallycrossers
  6. rallye
  7. rallyes
  8. rallygoer
  9. rallygoers
  10. rallying
  11. rallying around

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rallye (page history and authors); rally (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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