rally (2)

t. & i. [The same word as rail (2), v.] A. Trans.: To attack with raillery or banter; to use good-humored pleasantry or satire toward or on; to banter, to joke, to chaff. "Not urged by malice against the person he rallies ." Tatler , No. 59. *B. In trans.: To use raillery or banter; to joke. răl-lỹ (1), s. [RALLY (1), υ.] 1. The act of rallying or reforming into an orderly or organized body; the act of collecting and reducing to order. "With their subtle rallys they began In small divisions hidden strength to try." Davenant: Gondibert , i. 5. 2. The act or state of recovering strength. 3. A set-to, as in boxing, rackets, . "The rallies in the next two hands of each side being well-contested."- Field , April 4, 1885. 4. The rough and tumble gambols indulged in by the pantomimists at the end of the transformation scene (q. v.), and before the busine of the pantomime proper. "Let the Liberationists provide comic actors, pantomime rallies and breakdowns."- London Daily Telegraph . 5. A public political meeting. ( U.S. Colloq .) răl-lỹ (2), s. [RALLY (2), v.] The act of rallying; the use of good-tempered pleasantry or banter; banter.