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plural refs
(informal) Clipping of referee. examples
Abbreviation of reference. examples
Abbreviation of refectory. examples
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third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed
(informal, transitive, intransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game. quotations examples
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