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UMP
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initialism
  1. uridine monophosphate
umpire
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noun
  1. (Tennis) The official who preside over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  2. (Cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  3. (Baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
The called the pitch a strike.
  1. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
The must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
  1. (aussie-rules) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
verb (umpir, ing)
  1. (sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
unbalanced
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verb
  1. (past of, unbalance)
adjective
  1. not balanced, or in equilibrium
  2. irrational or mentally deranged
  3. (accounting) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
  4. (computing) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
undercut
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noun
  1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
  2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
verb (undercuts, undercutting, undercut, undercut)
  1. To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
  2. To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
underhand
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adjective
  1. dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  2. (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown etc with the hand brought forward and up from below
adverb
  1. with an underhand movement
  2. in a sly, sneaky or secret manner
unmade
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verb
  1. (past of, unmake)
adjective
  1. not (yet) made
  2. existing without having been made
unmanned
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verb
  1. (past of, unman)
adjective
  1. Not operated by a person or a crew.
Unmanned robots
uppercut
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noun
  1. (boxing) a swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin
  2. (cricket) a cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head
verb to uppercut
  1. To deliver an uppercat
upright
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adjective
  1. Vertical; erect.
  2. Greater in height than breadth.
adverb
  1. In or into an upright position.
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