alley

al·ley ¹  (l)

n. pl. al·leys

1. A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings.

2. A path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park.

3. Sports

a. A straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley.

b. Either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play.

Idiom:

up (one's) alley Informal

Compatible with one's interests or qualifications: an assignment that is right up your alley.

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[Middle English alei, from Old French alee, from aler, to walk, from Latin ambulre; see ambulate.]

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al·ley ²  (l)

n. pl. al·leys Games

A large playing marble, often used as the shooter.

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[Short for alabaster.]

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alley¹

n

1. a narrow lane or passage, esp one between or behind buildings

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) See bowling alley

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Tennis chiefly US the space between the singles and doubles sidelines

4. a walk in a park or garden, esp one lined with trees or bushes

up (or down) one's alley a variant of up one's street (see street (sense 8))

[from Old French alee, from aler to go, ultimately from Latin ambulāre to walk]

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alley²

n

(Individual Sports, other than specified) a large playing marble

[shortened and changed from alabaster]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alley - a narrow street with walls on both sides alleyway, back street street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
	2.	alley - a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins skittle alley, bowling alley bowling equipment - equipment used in bowling lane - a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic foul line - a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross

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alley

noun passage, walk, lane, pathway, alleyway, passageway, backstreet He dragged her into an alley and tied her up.

Translations

alley [ˈælɪ]

A. N

1. (between buildings) → callejón m, callejuela f; (in garden, park) → paseo m
this is right up my alley → esto es lo que me va, esto es lo mío

2. (US) (Tennis) → banda f lateral para dobles
see also blind E
see also bowling B

B. CPD alley cat N (also fig) → gato/a m/f callejero/a

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alley [ˈæli] n

(= street) → ruelle f

(in garden) → allée f
alley cat n → chat m de gouttière

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alley

n

(between buildings) → (enge) Gasse; (between gardens) → Weg m, → Pfad m; (in garden) → Laubengang m

(= bowling alley, skittle alley) → Bahn f

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alley:

alley cat

n → streunende Katze; to fight like alleys → sich in den Haaren liegen; she’s got the morals of an alley (inf) → sie treibts mit jedem

alleyway

n → Durchgang m

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alley [ˈælɪ] n (between buildings) → vicolo; (in garden, park) → vialetto (Am) (Tennis) → corridoio
blind alley → vicolo cieco

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alley

n alley [ˈӕli]

1 (oftenˈalleyway) a narrow street in a city etc (usually not wide enough for vehicles). steeg زِقَاق тясна уличка ulička smøge; baggade die Gasse στενό, σοκάκι callejuela kitsas tänav, kuja کوچه kuja ruelle סִמְטָה पगडण्डी uličica sikátor, köz lorong, gang sund vicolo 小道 골목길 gatvelė, skersgatvis aleja; šaura ieliņa lorong kecil steeg smug, bakgate uliczka viela alee аллея; переулок ulička uličica prolaz (između zgrada) gränd, prång ตรอก dar sokak 小巷 алея گلی کوچہ ngõ 小巷

2 a long narrow area used for the games of bowling or skittles a bowling alley. baan مَجاز لُعْبَة البولِنْغ пътека dráha (pro kuželky apod.) bane die Bahn διάδρομος μπόουλιγκ pista keeglirada مسیر بازی که توپ در آن حرکت می کند rata bowling מִגְרַש בָּאוּלִינג वीथिका staza tekepálya jalur bowling braut corsia レーン (볼링장) 레인 takas bumbotava lorong kegelbaan bane tor pista culoar дорожка dráha (na kolky ap.) (kegljaška) steza uličica bana เลนโบว์ลิ่ง dar ve uzun alan (保齡球)球道 кегельбан روش bãi đánh ki （保龄球）球道

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alley → زُقَاق ulička gyde Gasse δρομάκι callejón kuja allée aleja vicolo 路地 골목 steegje bakgate uliczka viela аллея gränd ตรอก dar sokak ngõ 胡同