ref

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English

Etymology

Clippings

Pronunciation

Noun

ref (plural refs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of referee.
  2. Abbreviation of reference.
  3. Abbreviation of refectory.
  4. (Philippines, informal) Clipping of refrigerator.

Derived terms

Verb

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.

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Icelandic

Noun

ref

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ref

  1. Alternative form of reif

Etymology 2

Verb

ref

  1. Alternative form of reven

Swedish

Noun

ref

  1. Obsolete spelling of räv

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