Synonyms of the word

sortie

• n. (military) An attack made by troops from a besieged position.
• n. (military) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
• n. (figuratively, sports) An attacking move.
• v. (transitive) To sally.

action

• n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
• n. A way of motion or functioning.
• n. A fast-paced activity.
• n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
• n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
• n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
• n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
• n. (military) Combat.
• n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
• n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
• interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
• v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

flight

• n. The act of flying.
• n. An instance of flying.
• n. A collective term for doves or swallows.
• n. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or…
• n. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
• n. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
• n. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
• n. A paper plane.
• n. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
• n. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
• n. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
• n. An air force unit.
• n. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full…
• n. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
• adj. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
• v. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than…
• v. (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or…
• n. The act of fleeing.

flying

• adj. That can fly.
• adj. Brief or hurried.
• adj. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
• n. An act of flight.
• v. present participle of fly.

sally

• n. A willow.
• n. Any tree that looks like a willow.
• n. An object made from the above trees' wood.
• n. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
• n. A sudden rushing forth.
• n. (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
• n. An excursion or side trip.
• n. A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sudden attack on an enemy from a defended position.
• v. (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.").
• v. (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
• n. (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.