alley-oop
exclamation/ˌæli ˈuːp/
/ˌæli ˈuːp/
- used when somebody does a clever movement with their body or with an objectTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: perhaps from French allez! ‘go on!’ (expressing encouragement) + a supposedly French pronunciation of up.
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