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ref

English

Etymology

Clipping of referee

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /??f/
  • Rhymes: -?f

Noun

ref (plural refs)

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

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.

Anagrams

  • FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

Icelandic

Noun

ref

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

Middle English

Noun

ref

  1. Alternative form of reif

Swedish

Noun

ref

  1. Obsolete spelling of räv

See also

  • referee

Anagrams

  • fre

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refl

English

Adjective

refl (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of reflexive.

Anagrams

  • LERF

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