In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions. The term is often shortened to the colloquial form ump.

What does it mean to umpire someone?

transitive verb. : to supervise or decide as umpire. intransitive verb. : to act as umpire.

What is this word umpire?

An umpire is a kind of referee, an official whose job on the baseball or softball field is enforcing the rules of the game. ... Umpire is also a verb, meaning to act as an umpire. The word comes from the Old French nonper or "odd number," which refers to a third person helping two others settle their differences.