ump
/ʌmp/
ump noun: an umpire.
Noun (1)
ump (plural umps)
- An umpire.
- 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”
Verb
ump (third-person singular simple present umps, present participle umping, simple past and past participle umped)
- To act as an umpire (in).
- 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.1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type
Noun (2) capitalized: UMP
UMP (uncountable)
- Initialism of uridine monophosphate.
Proper noun capitalized: UMP
UMP
- The Union for a Popular Movement.
- Some commentators wondered if Dati was being used as part of an internal battle between Fillon and the head of Sarkozy's UMP party.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian
Forms of ump
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | umps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | umps |
| present participle | umping |
| past participle | umped |
| past | umped |
Origin of ump
Clipping of umpire.
Borrowed from French UMP (“Union pour un Mouvement Populaire”).
Words formed from ump
Words that rhyme with ump
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Questions about ump
- What does ump mean?
- Ump means an umpire.
- What part of speech is ump?
- Ump can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ump?
- Ump is pronounced /ʌmp/.
- What is the plural of ump?
- The plural of ump is umps.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ump (page history and authors); UMP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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