Englishsally
noun
1 a week later the garrison made a sally against us:
charge, sortie, foray, thrust, drive, offensive, attack, raid, assault, descent, blitz, incursion, invasion, onset, inroad, onslaught, rush, onrush;
German blitzkrieg;
Italian razzia.
2 he sent a dutiful report on his fruitless sally into North Wales:
expedition, excursion, trip, outing, jaunt, run, visit, tour, escapade, airing.
3 he looked around, delighted with his sally:
witticism, witty remark, smart remark, quip, barb, pleasantry, epigram, aphorism;
joke, pun, jest;
retort, riposte, counter, rejoinder, return, retaliation;
French bon mot;
informal one-liner, gag, wisecrack, crack, funny, comeback;
US, informal clapback.