Usually means: Official who enforces game rules.
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  13. ref: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. REF, R.ef, Ref, The Ref: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

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  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)

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  1. REF: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. REF: Acronym Finder
  2. REF: Three Letter Words with definitions
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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ref (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. ref: Urban Dictionary

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See reffed as well.)

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verb:  (informal, transitive, intransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (informal) Clipping of referee. [(sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.]
noun:  Abbreviation of reference. [(literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).]
noun:  Abbreviation of refectory. [A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.]
noun:  (Philippines, informal) Clipping of refrigerator. [A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).]
noun:  (mathematics, linear algebra) Initialism of row echelon form. [(linear algebra) The stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.]
noun:  (UK, education) Initialism of Research Excellence Framework: a system for assessing the quality of research in higher-education institutions.

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