alley oop

Meanings

1. Encouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving an upwards lift or leap.

1. Synonym of up.

1. An instance of saying "Alley oop!"
2. A high and arcing pass, catch, or move, especially (basketball) a shot made by a player as part of the same jump used to catch a pass.

1. High and arcing.
2. Involving at least a 180-degree turn.

1. To lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upward.

Etymology

Borrowed 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.