alley oop
alley oop · alley oops · alley ooped · alley ooping
To lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upwardTo lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upward.
UK/al.ɪˈuːp/US/ˌæl.iˈup/
Meaning
1 sensesTo lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upward.
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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Forms
alley oops, alley ooping, alley ooped, alley ooped| Base form | alley oop · to alley oop |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | alley oops |
| Present participle | alley ooping |
| Past simple | alley ooped |
| Past participle | alley ooped |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.