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
RudolfROO-dawlf (German), RUW-dawlf (Polish)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Arm
Tanvi-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Gulnaz-Kazakh, Georgian, Urdu
Myrddin-Welsh Mythology
Jianhong-Chinese
Betty['beti]