rally

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A rapid or ardent reunion for effort of any kind; a renewal of energy in joint action; a quick recovery from disorder or dispersion, as of a body of troops or other persons.
• noun Theat., specifically, the general scramble or chase of all the players in a pantomime; a mêlée of pantomimists, as at the end of a transformation scene.
• noun In lawn-tennis, the return of the ball over the net from one side to the other for a number of times consecutively.
• noun A quick recovery from a state of depression or exhaustion; renewal of energy or of vigorous action; return to or toward the prior or normal condition, as in disease, trade, active exertion of any kind, etc.: as, a rally in the course of a disease; a rally in prices.
• noun In electioneering, a mass-meeting of a political party: as, a Republican rally was held in the town hall.
• noun The military signal for rallying: as, to sound the rally.
• To bring together or into order again by urgent effort; urge or bring to reunion for joint action; hence, to draw or call together in general for a common purpose: as, to rally a disorganized army; to rally voters to the polls.
• To call up or together, unite, draw, gather up, concentrate, etc., energetically.
• To come together or into order again with haste or ardor; reunite energetically; hence, to gather or become conjoined for a common and; cohere for aid or support.
• To come into renewed energy or action; acquire new or renewed strength or vigor; undergo restoration or recovery, either partial or complete: as, the market rallied from its depression; the patient rallied about midnight.
• To attack with raillery; treat with jocose, satirical, or sarcastic pleasantry; make merry with in regard to something; poke fun at; quiz.
• Synonyms Banter, etc. (see banter), joke, quiz, tease.
• To use pleasantry or satirical merriment.
• noun An exercise of good humor or satirical merriment.
• In boxing, to attack vigorously.
• In sporting, to parry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.
• intransitive verb To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
• intransitive verb To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
• intransitive verb To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
• intransitive verb To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
• noun The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
• noun Colloq. U. S. A political mass meeting.
• transitive verb To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
• noun Good-humored raillery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
• verb gather or bring together
• verb return to a former condition
• verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
• noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
• noun the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
• verb call to arms; of military personnel
• noun an automobile race run over public roads
• noun (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
• verb gather