(in tennis, volleyball, and badminton) an official positioned near one of the lines of the court who decides whether a ball or shuttlecock lands within the court or not.
a line judge called the ball out
Example sentencesExamples
- The ball was called out, but the umpire over-ruled the line judge.
- The line judge determined White had crossed the goal line.
- TV replays showed the ball landed in, and the line judge had called it correctly.
- For no particular reason, early on, he demanded to have a line judge replaced.
- She was giving the line judges grief.