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ref

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ref"

English

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Etymology

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Clippings

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ref (plural refs)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ⇒ Tagalog: i-ref

Verb

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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

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Icelandic

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Noun

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ref

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

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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ref

  1. Alternative form of reif

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ref

  1. Alternative form of reven

Swedish

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Noun

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ref

  1. Obsolete spelling of räv.

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Anagrams

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