RALLYING CRY
Dictionary entry overview: What does rallying cry mean?
• RALLYING CRY (noun)
The noun RALLYING CRY has 2 senses:
1. a slogan used to rally support for a cause
2. a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
Familiarity information: RALLYING CRY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RALLYING CRY (noun)
Meaning:
A slogan used to rally support for a cause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
rallying cry; war cry; watchword; battle cry; cry
Context examples:
a cry to arms / our watchword will be 'democracy'
Hypernyms ("rallying cry" is a kind of...):
catchword; motto; shibboleth; slogan (a favorite saying of a sect or political group)
Meaning:
A yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
battle cry; war whoop; rallying cry; war cry
Hypernyms ("rallying cry" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
"Liquor before beer and you're in the clear. Beer before liquor and you'll never be sicker." (English proverb)
"A handful of love is better than an oven full of bread" (Breton proverb)
"Your tongue is your horse— if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you betray it, betrays it will." (Arabic proverb)
"If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them." (Corsican proverb)
