alley oop
alley oop · alley oops
аллей-уп
An instance of saying "Alley oop!"An instance of saying "Alley oop!"
UK/al.ɪˈuːp/US/ˌæl.iˈup/
Meaning
2 sensesAn instance of saying "Alley oop!"
(US)A high and arcing pass, catch, or move, especially (basketball) a shot made by a player as part of the same jump used to catch a pass.
аллей-упallej-up
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
basketball: a play in which one player catches a pass while airborne and scores:
Origin
Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“gBorrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic.
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