ref
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ref"
Etymology
Clippings
Pronunciation
Noun
ref (plural refs)
- (informal) Clipping of referee.
- Abbreviation of reference.
- Abbreviation of refectory.
- (Philippines, informal) Clipping of refrigerator.
- Please close the ref.
- Please close the refrigerator.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Tagalog: i-ref
Verb
ref (third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed)
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
- 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:
- On the block when we were growing up we called him Ronnie the Enforcer because he umped all the stickball games and reffed the hockey.
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Noun
ref
Etymology 1
Noun
ref
- Alternative form of reif
Etymology 2
Verb
ref
- Alternative form of reven
Noun
ref
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