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reffed

reffed is the simple past and past participle of ref.

Meaning of ref

Verb

ref (third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed)

  1. (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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Questions about reffed

What is reffed the simple past and past participle of?
Reffed is the simple past and past participle of ref.

Words near reffed in the dictionary

  1. refettle
  2. refettled
  3. refettles
  4. refettling
  5. Reff
  6. reffed
  7. Reffett
  8. Reffetts
  9. reffing
  10. Reffitt
  11. Reffitts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reffed (page history and authors); ref (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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