ump

Etymology

Clipping of umpire

noun

  1. (sports, informal) An umpire.
    If you take it to court, you're the guy who screams at the ump ’cause they don't like the call at the plate. 2006, Eli Attie and John Wells, The West Wing, season 7, episode 17 “Election Day Part II”

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To act as an umpire (in).
    On the block when we were growing up we called him Ronnie the Enforcer because he umped all the stickball games and reffed the hockey. 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type

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