Words that rhyme with bally

  • alley
    n 1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: alley, alleyway, back street] 2: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins [syn: bowling alley, alley, skittle alley]
  • ally
    n 1: a friendly nation 2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy, foe] v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"
  • ceilidh
    n 1: an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling
  • chalet
    n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
  • challis
    n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
  • daily
    adv 1: every day; without missing a day; "he stops by daily" 2: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day" [syn: day by day, daily] adj 1: of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper" [syn: daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day] 2: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday, daily] n 1: a newspaper that is published every day
  • dally
    v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt] 2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally, dawdle] 3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash] 4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally, trifle, play]
  • dillydally
    v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
  • finale
    n 1: the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale, coda] 2: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis]
  • gaily
    adv 1: in a gay manner; "the scandals were gaily diverting"
  • galley
    n 1: a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading 2: (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars 3: the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner 4: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
  • kali
    n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda] 2: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"
  • rally
    n 1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm [syn: rally, mass meeting] 2: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" [syn: rally, rallying] 3: a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness 4: an automobile race run over public roads 5: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: rally, exchange] v 1: gather; "drum up support" [syn: beat up, drum up, rally] 2: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise, demobilize, inactivate] 3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up] 4: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound] 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
  • reveille
    n 1: (military) signal to wake up [syn: reveille, wake-up signal] 2: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
  • sally
    n 1: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] 2: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position [syn: sortie, sally] 3: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home" [syn: sally, sallying forth]
  • scaly
    adj 1: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy] 2: having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles [syn: scaly, scaley, scaled]
  • tally
    n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run, tally] 2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally] 3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally] v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 2: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up] 3: keep score, as in games [syn: tally, chalk up] 4: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
  • tomalley
    n 1: edible greenish substance in boiled lobster
  • ukulele
    n 1: a small guitar having four strings [syn: uke, ukulele]
  • valley
    n 1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: valley, vale]
  • verbally
    adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally" 2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
  • wally
    n 1: a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
  • bailee
    n 1: the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
  • bailey
    n 1: United States singer (1918-1990) [syn: Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey] 2: English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742) [syn: Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey] 3: the outer courtyard of a castle 4: the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
  • halle
    n 1: a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries [syn: Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale]
  • pally
    adj 1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy]
  • calais
    n 1: a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
  • ailey
    n 1: United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931) [syn: Ailey, Alvin Ailey]
  • haley
    n 1: United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981) [syn: Haley, Bill Haley, William John Clifton Haley Jr.] 2: United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992) [syn: Haley, Alex Haley]
  • halley
    n 1: English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) [syn: Halley, Edmond Halley, Edmund Halley]
  • disraeli
    n 1: British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881) [syn: Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield]
  • israeli
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Israel
  • raleigh
    n 1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) [syn: Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter Ralegh] 2: capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina [syn: Raleigh, capital of North Carolina]
  • mexicali
    n 1: a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border
  • gayly
    adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
  • lally
    n 1: support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete [syn: lally, lally column]
  • mallee
    n 1: any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts
  • bailie
  • ailee
  • mayle
  • braley
  • bralley
  • devalle
  • graley
  • scally
  • stahley
  • stahly
  • straley
  • vallely
  • cavalli
  • delvalle
  • mccalley
  • mcgalley
  • mcnalley
  • mcnally
  • omalley
  • ranalli
  • vitale
  • vitaly
  • palais
  • aley
  • aly
  • brailey
  • faley
  • frailey
  • fraleigh
  • fraley
  • hailey
  • hayley
  • mailey
  • maley
  • maly
  • qualey
  • railey
  • reiley
  • reilley
  • scali
  • stailey
  • staley
  • whaley
  • zaley
  • baillie
  • bailly
  • baily
  • baley
  • baylee
  • bayley
  • bayly
  • caley
  • dailey
  • daley
  • daly
  • dayley
  • gailey
  • galey
  • galie
  • kaley
  • kaylie
  • paley
  • alie

See also bally definition and bally synonyms