Definitions for umpire

umpire um·pire

Spelling: [uhm-pahyuh r]
IPA: /ˈʌm paɪər/

Umpire is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in umpire (eimpru).

Definitions for umpire

noun

  1. a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
  2. one selected to settle disputes about the application of settled rules or usages; a person agreed on by disputing parties to arbitrate their differences.

verb (used with object)

  1. to act as umpire in (a game).
  2. to decide or settle (a controversy, dispute, or the like) as umpire; arbitrate.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as umpire.

Origin of umpire

1350-1400; Middle English umpere, variant of noumpere (a noumpere taken as an oumpere; cf. adder1, apron) Old French nomper, non

Examples for umpire

Where it stopped rolling an umpire marked and called the distance.

After the third pitch the umpire told him to take first base.

Jahn confirms it: “He does slam down the bat, and he gives the umpire a dirty look.”

The origin of government is simply that two men call in a third for umpire.

Clark, the first Jewish American League umpire, adjudicated baseball for three decades.

Eliot was at bat, and the umpire had just called the second strike on him.

Swearing at an umpire because of fan interference is a quick way not to become a tennis favorite.

As he sat in his chair he jawed at the umpire and shook his head no, complaining, “Are there any rules here?”

They argued and sometimes fought over the umpire's decision.

An umpire should be with each outpost and with each scouting patrol.

Word Value for umpire
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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