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ref

noun
/ɹɛf/US

Etymology

Clippings.

Definitions

  1. Clipping of referee.

  2. Abbreviation of reference.

  3. Clipping of refsheet.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Abbreviation of refectory.

    2. Clipping of refrigerator.

      • Please close the ref.

    3. To referee

      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.

    4. Initialism of row echelon form.

    5. Initialism of Research Excellence Framework

      Initialism of Research Excellence Framework: a system for assessing the quality of research in higher-education institutions.

    6. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ref. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA