Associations to the word «Ref»

Wiktionary

REF, abbreviation. Reference
REF, abbreviation. Refectory
REF, noun. Short form of referee.
REF, verb. (informal) to referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.

Dictionary definition

REF, noun. (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope