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Noun
On a 3-2 pitch, a Pride hitter laced a shot down the first base line that was instantly waved off as foul by the first base ump.—
Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026 The ump had to manage the Giants.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Verb
The Savannah Bananas invited Sparks to ump a part of their home game against the Indianapolis Clowns in Savannah, Georgia, on June 5.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
10 June 2026 That makes the chair ump job mostly button-pushing.—
Bill Dwyre,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for ump