Alley-oop Definition
Other Word Forms of Alley-oop
Noun
Origin of Alley-oop
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From French Allez-oop, cry of circus acrobat about to leap, from French allez (plural imperative of aller, to go), from Old French aler, to walk + oop, unknown (possibly onomatopoeia).
From Wiktionary
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French allez-oop cry of circus acrobat about to leap from allez pl. imperative of aller to go from Old French aler to walk alley1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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