Alley
91alley oop — 1. noun 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. 2. interjection Used to signal the start of …
92Alley Oop — noun a) An American comic strip created in 1933 by V.T. Hamlin, currently written by Carole Bender and drawn by Jack Bender. b) The caveman main character of the Alley Oop comic strip …
93Alley Gate — See Shaft Alley …
94alley\ cat — noun slang 1. A stray cat. 2. A person (usually a female) of rather easy going, or actually loose sexual morals; a promiscuous person. You ll have no problem dating her; she s a regular alley cat …
95alley-oop — exclamation used to encourage or draw attention to an acrobatic feat. noun (also alley oop pass) Basketball a high pass caught by a leaping teammate who tries to dunk the ball before landing. Origin early 20th cent.: perh. from Fr. allez! go on!… …
96alley-oop — ˌalēˈüp, ˌaliˈyüp noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by alley (I)) of earlier allez oop, cry of a circus acrobat about to leap, probably from French allez, 2d person plural imperative of aller to go + English oop, alteration of up : a… …
97alley-taw — allˈ(e)y tawˈ or allˈ(e)y torˈ noun • • • Main Entry: ↑alley …
98alley-tor — allˈ(e)y tawˈ or allˈ(e)y torˈ noun • • • Main Entry: ↑alley …
99alley — I. noun (plural alleys) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French alee, from aler to go Date: 14th century 1. a garden or park walk bordered by trees or bushes 2. a. (1) a grassed enclosure for bowling or skittles (2) a hardwood lane for… …
100alley — in angling, a term for patches between emergent reeds or between reeds and the shore …
