line judge

noun

: a football linesman whose duties include keeping track of the official time for the game

Examples of line judge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The league on Monday suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games for swearing at Arizona’s Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill for one game for yelling and gesturing at Minnesota’s Eric Wilson. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

The league on Monday suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games for swearing at Arizona's Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill for one game for yelling and gesturing at Minnesota's Eric Wilson. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

George Karlaftis and Chris Jones were honorary line judges for Shawnee Mission East’s volleyball match against Shawnee Mission South. — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

Back in 2012, for instance, David Nalbandian lost $51,000 when he was disqualified from the Queens final for kicking a line judge. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for line judge

• adjudge
• begrudge
• misjudge
• prejudge
• budge
• drudge
• frage
• fudge
• grudge
• mudge
• nudge
• rudge