ref

[ref]

ref

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

Origin:
1895–1900; by shortening

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Ref is one of our favorite verbs.
So is absquatulate. Does it mean:
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to flee; abscond:
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ref.

3.
referred.
4.
refining.
EXPAND
8.
refunding.
COLLAPSE
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ref (rɛf)
 
n
informal short for referee

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ref definition

[rɛf]
  1. n.
    a referee. (Also a term of address.) : Hey, ref! Get some glasses!
  2. tv.
    to referee something, such as a game. : Are you going to ref this one, or am I?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ref
referee
REF
refer to (shortwave transmission)
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