ump

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noun

ump

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verb

umped; umping; umps

intransitive verb

: to act as umpire

Examples of ump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In Deptford, things seem to be working — at least in attracting non-mandatory umps. Dan Gelston, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023 Fridays through Sundays, pitches are called by umps, not cameras, but each team is given three opportunities to appeal a call. Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 July 2023 With a staggering 146 walks in 192 innings, those darned robot umps are squeezing him. Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023 The rookie umps will be the vets, and the vets will be the rookies. Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023 One of them is: It’s become almost impossible to be a Little League ump. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 June 2023 As with pitchers and catchers, allow plate umps to know what pitch is coming. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023 Or the ump calls a ball. Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023 The umps aren’t being replaced by robots so much as becoming them. Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Verb
That makes the chair ump job mostly button-pushing. Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021 Only three men have umped more major league games than Davis, and no one has been on the field for more playoff games. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019 West, who ranks third in games umped over his career, was suspended for three games for answering a USA Today question on baseball's biggest complainer. Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017 The third baseman was visibly and vocally distressed and finally ump Mike Muchlinski ejected him. John Hickey, The Mercury News, 4 May 2017 In Pittsburgh to ump a game between the Pirates and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, Tumpane saw a woman contemplating suicide on the city's famed Roberto Clemente Bridge. Jason Kurtz, CNN, 30 June 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1912, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ump was in 1912

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“Ump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ump. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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