Alley-oop Definition
ălē-o͝op
noun
A play in which a pass is lobbed above the basket and a player jumps up and attempts to catch the ball and score before returning to the floor.
American Heritage
A high, lobbed pass to a teammate near the basket who attempts to make a slam-dunk or to tip the ball in.
Webster's New World
The pass made in such a play.
American Heritage
(basketball) A play in which one player passes the ball to another, who catches it while airborne and dunks or lays it up before landing.
Shaq lobs the ball to Kobe Bryant as Kobe finishes for the alley oop.
Wiktionary
interjection
Used as an exclamation accompanying the act of lifting, rising, etc.
Webster's New World
pronoun
An American comic strip created in 1933 by V.T. Hamlin, currently written by Carole Bender and drawn by Jack Bender.
Wiktionary
The caveman main character of the Alley Oop comic strip.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Alley-oop
Noun
Singular:
alley-oop
Plural:
alley-oopsOrigin 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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