Usually means: Basketball pass set up dunk.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word alley-oop:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. alley-oop: Merriam-Webster
  2. alley-oop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alley-oop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Alley-Oop, Alley-oop, alley-oop: Wordnik
  5. alley-oop: Wiktionary
  6. alley-oop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. alley-oop: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. alley-oop: Dictionary.com
  9. Alley-oop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. alley-oop: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. alley-oop: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alley-oop: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Alley-oop)

▸ verb:  Alternative form of alley oop [To lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upward.]

Similar:
alleyoop, slamdunk, tally ho, joul, tally-ho, Yoyo, Frisbee, back-hand, one-up, dead-drop, more...

Opposite:
self alley-oop, solo alley-oop, solo dunk

Phrases:
alley-oop pass, more...



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Similar:
alleyoop, slamdunk, tally ho, joul, tally-ho, Yoyo, Frisbee, back-hand, one-up, dead-drop, more...

Opposite:
self alley-oop, solo alley-oop, solo dunk

Phrases:
alley-oop pass, more...



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