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umpiring

Variant of umpire

noun

  1. a person chosen to render a decision in a dispute; judge; arbiter
    1. an official who administers the rules in certain team sports, as baseball or cricket
    2. Football an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage, esp. near the center of the field

transitive verb umpired, umpiring

to act as umpire in or of

intransitive verb

to act as umpire

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