Definition of "rally" in English

noun

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
   • an election 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. (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

4. (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.

5. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

verb

1. (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

2. (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

3. (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

4. (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.

verb

1. (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

noun

1. Good-humoured raillery.