ump

See also: UMP

English

Etymology

Clipping of umpire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌmp/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

ump (plural umps)

1. (sports, informal) An umpire.
   • 2006, Eli Attie and John Wells, The West Wing, season 7, episode 17 “Election Day Part II”:

     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.

Translations

informal term for umpire

• Finnish: dumari (fi)

Verb

ump (third-person singular simple present umps, present participle umping, simple past and past participle umped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To act as an umpire (in).
   • 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:

     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.

Translations

to act as an ump

• Finnish: tuomaroida (fi)

See also

• umpty-ump