ref

verb

ref

verb

US /ɹɛf/

Etymology Clippings.

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Ambitransitive, Informal 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:

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