umpire
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umpire (plural umpires)
- (tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
- (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
- (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
- The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
- (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
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- In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
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to umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)
- (sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
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to act as an umpire in a game
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of eimpru
- impure