ref

See also: Ref. and REF

English

Etymology

Clippings

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɛf/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Homophone: reph

Noun

ref (plural refs)

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

Derived terms

• work the refs

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

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

See also

• referee

Anagrams

• fre