ump
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See also: UMP
English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʌmp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌmp
Noun
[edit]ump (plural umps)
- (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.
- 2006, Eli Attie and John Wells, The West Wing, season 7, episode 17 “Election Day Part II”:
Translations
[edit]Verb
[edit]ump (third-person singular simple present umps, present participle umping, simple past and past participle umped)
- (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
[edit]to act as an ump
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