ref

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noun, verb (used with or without object),reffed, ref·fing.Sports Slang.

Origin of ref

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; by shortening

Other definitions for ref. (2 of 2)

ref.

abbreviation
  1. referee.

  2. reference.

  1. referred.

  2. refining.

  3. reformation.

  4. reformed.

  5. refund.

  6. refunding.

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How to use ref in a sentence

  • The refs called him on it a bunch of times over the weekend, and he kept on promising to stick by it, and kept on going back.

    Little Brother | Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for ref (1 of 2)

ref

/ (rɛf) /


noun
  1. informal short for referee

British Dictionary definitions for ref. (2 of 2)

ref.

abbreviation for
  1. referee

  2. reference

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