judgment call



judgment call

1. A subjective decision made based on one's own experience or viewpoint. Because of the impending snowstorm, it was a judgment call whether I should attempt driving to work.
2. In sports, a decision made by a game official based on what he or she has seen take place. The decision to issue the team a penalty was definitely a judgment call by the referee.
See also: call, judgment

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KevynKEV-inEnglish (Rare)
Caesarius-Late Roman
Symon-Ukrainian (Rare)
Luvenia-English
IlonaEE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Rucker['rʌkə]