ref

Etymology

Clippings

noun

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

verb

  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
    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. 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/ref), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.