ref

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɛf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Homophone: reph

Clipping of referee

ref (plural refs)

1. (informal) Clipping of referee.
2. Abbreviation of reference.
3. Abbreviation of refectory.

ref (third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed)

1. (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.

Clipping of refrigerator

ref (plural refs)

1. (Philippines, informal) refrigerator.

• FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

ref

1. indefinite accusative singular of refur
2. indefinite dative singular of refur

ref

1. Alternative form of reif

ref

1. Alternative form of reven

ref

1. Obsolete spelling of räv

• referee

• fre