ump

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of umpire

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Noun

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ump (plural umps)

  1. (sports, informal) An umpire.

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Verb

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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.

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