Definition of "ref"

ref

/ɹɛf/

noun
plural refs
1. (informal) Clipping of referee.
2. Abbreviation of reference.
3. Abbreviation of refectory.
4. (Philippines, informal) refrigerator.
verb
third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed
1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
  Quotations
  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