Definition of alley
plural alleys
1
:a garden or park walk bordered by trees or bushes
2 a (1)
:a grassed enclosure for bowling or skittles
(2)
:a hardwood lane for bowling;
also
:a room or building housing a group of such lanes
b
:the space on each side of a tennis doubles court between the sideline and the service sideline
c
:an area in a baseball outfield between two outfielders when they are in normal positions
- hit a line drive into the alley
3
:a narrow street;
especially
:a thoroughfare through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings
4
:an extensive region where destructive natural phenomena of a specified type (such as tornadoes) occur often or are likely to occur
- The most obvious tornado alley extends from the plains of northwest Texas eastward into north Texas and then northward across Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastern Nebraska.
- —Tom Konvicka
—
up one's alley
or less commonly
down one's alley
:suited to one's own tastes or abilities
- a job that's right up her alley
