alley oop
Encouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving…Encouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving an upwards lift or leap.
Meaning
1 sensesEncouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving an upwards lift or leap.
allez hopp
алле-о́пalle-óp, аллей-о́пallej-óp, алле-у́пalle-úp
Translations
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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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