Oop is an English word of 3 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Oop meaning
- Initialism of object-oriented programming.
- Initialism of order of play (“the schedule of contests in a tennis event”).
- Initialism of original original poster (“the creator of quoted material”).
Using Oop
- The main meaning on this page is: Initialism of object-oriented programming. | Initialism of order of play (“the schedule of contests in a tennis event”). | Initialism of original original poster (“the creator of quoted material”).
- In the example corpus, oop often appears in combinations such as: alley oop, the oop, programming oop.
Context around Oop
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 12 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oop
- In this selection, "oop" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alley, test, dunk, layup and pass stand out and add context to how "oop" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an alley oop dunk from and an alley oop layup. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oop" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oop
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A Mitchell alley-oop to Gobert made it 71-67 Jazz. (11 words)
Melli made three 3s and Williamson added a thunderous alley-oop dunk. (12 words)
Edwards injured his wrist in the opening half on an alley-oop attempt. (13 words)
After only playing less than a minute the whole game, Fresno State junior Bree Delaney was substituted into the game to alley oop the inbound pass to Utti under the basket for the go-ahead basketball to put the Bulldogs up 78-76. (43 words)
The 6-foot-10 center who entered ranked second in the ACC in blocks imposed his will inside, scoring the final eight points of the half and punctuating it with an alley-oop dunk from Jose Alvarado. (37 words)
Murray hustled the ball down the court and dished to Jokic, who deftly floated the ball to Gordon for an alley-oop jam — a scene that’s become quite familiar at Ball Arena. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Apart from all the long-range success, the game’s highlight was an alley-oop pass from Davison that center Kylor Kelley flushed with his left hand late in the third quarter.
Defensively, he slapped away an alley-oop and helped force an 11-turnover stretch for the Heat.
Edwards injured his wrist in the opening half on an alley-oop attempt.
Lumberton’s first basket came four seconds into the first quarter when Damian Robinson lobbed it to Jaiden Shephard from half-court for an alley-oop layup.
Lumberton’s first basket came four seconds into the first quarter when Damian Robinson lobbed it to Shephard from half-court for an alley-oop layup.
Murray hustled the ball down the court and dished to Jokic, who deftly floated the ball to Gordon for an alley-oop jam — a scene that’s become quite familiar at Ball Arena.
St. Rita's James Brown (13) finishes off an alley-oop dunk against Brother Rice during a Catholic League Blue game in Chicago on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2022.
Arizona Wildcats' Pelle Larsson connected with Oumar Ballo on the alley-oop vs. the Washington State Cougars.
Brown jumped over Cenat, who was sitting in a chair and caught an oop from Tatum.
Providence Friars' Devin Carter threw down a ridiculous near full-court alley-oop against the Georgetown Hoyas.
After only playing less than a minute the whole game, Fresno State junior Bree Delaney was substituted into the game to alley oop the inbound pass to Utti under the basket for the go-ahead basketball to put the Bulldogs up 78-76.
A Mitchell alley-oop to Gobert made it 71-67 Jazz.
In the closing seconds of the first quarter, Marcus Smart threw up an alley-oop from just beyond the arc to where Williams was making a cut to the far-side low post.
Melli made three 3s and Williamson added a thunderous alley-oop dunk.
NBA: Lonzo Ball and Zion Williamson have connected on this beautiful first half alley-oop against the Utah Jazz as the New Orleans Pelicans continue their playoff push.
No one is paying $200 for a rapid response test oop just to travel – and neither is New York State.
Schwartz converted on his open looks and had the most exciting play of the game when he slammed home an alley-oop thrown by his partner in crime, Gatling.
Team LeBron: Paul threw down an alley-oop dunk from Russell Westbrook in the second quarter.
The 6-foot-10 center who entered ranked second in the ACC in blocks imposed his will inside, scoring the final eight points of the half and punctuating it with an alley-oop dunk from Jose Alvarado.
Thomas led the way with 11 points, including an alley-oop layup from Ibaka, in the second quarter.
Common combinations with oop
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: