alleyway
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈæliˌweɪ/
- The cat darted down the alleyway between the two tall buildings.
- streets and alleyways
- old alleyway
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Watch on YouTubeAnd we went to this restaurant in like a little cute alleyway that was school themed.
- And we went to this restaurant in like a little cute alleyway that was school themed.
- One time we played basketball in like in our alleyway, but the rim was garbage cans.
- It's just a never ending maze of alleyways.
- And before I knew it, in between the stop sign and the green light, a girl driving her car came out of the alleyway and just like hit me.
- And a guy like, boom, push, run across the alleyway, like, you cowards.
- We we end up walking down this alleyway where we were anticipating.
- I, I I found a baby squirrel in my alleyway, a little pinky baby squirrel.
- Another guy murked a guy in the middle of like an alleyway.
Examples
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They waited in an alleyway.
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There's a woman being chased through the alleyway!
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So we're going to take the secret alleyway, this one.
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In the alleyway, headed towards your end of the street.
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I got a good feeling about this alleyway.
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His window faced an alleyway, and he could not see the street in front of the building.
Fiction book (1993) -
Looking up and down the narrow alleyway, he realized one direction was as good as another.
Fiction book (1990) -
And we went to this restaurant in like a little cute alleyway that was school themed.
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A knot of people emerged from an alleyway behind Martine.
Fiction book (1994) -
A cat darts out from an alleyway and startles him.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
A narrow street between buildings, often behind shops or houses
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3.2
A long narrow space that connects rooms or parts of a building
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2.7
A narrow street behind buildings used as a shortcut
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3.3
A narrow street behind main streets that few people use
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4.4
A narrow passage between buildings in a town or city
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9.9
A narrow passage between buildings that people use as a shortcut
A low open space between or beside buildings that gives light and access to a basement
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Etymology
Alleyway comes from alley, a word that used to mean 'a walk' or a small passage from the old French verb aller meaning 'to go', and way simply means 'path'. So an alleyway is just a narrow path or street you 'go' through between buildings.