Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ump

/ʌmp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: ump
IPA: /ʌmp/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of uridine monophosphate.

Uncountable

name

The Union for a Popular Movement.

noun

Informal

verb

To act as an umpire (in).

Example Sentences

"Some commentators wondered if Dati was being used as part of an internal battle between Fillon and the head of Sarkozy's UMP party."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French UMP (“Union pour un Mouvement Populaire”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

umps (plural) umps (present, singular) umping (participle, present) umped (participle, past) umped (past)

Derived Forms

cUMP umpie umpy

Phrases

umpty-ump

Frequently Paired Words

UTP umpty-ump

Synonyms

umpire

Rhymes With

trump jump pump rocket jump dump bump lump elbow bump turbine pump stump hump slump

Questions

How do you pronounce ump?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌmp/.
What does ump mean?: Initialism of uridine monophosphate.
Where does ump come from?: Borrowed from French UMP (“Union pour un Mouvement Populaire”).

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