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video referee

video referee noun: an off-field match official who makes game decisions based on watching instant replays.

Noun

video referee (plural video referees)

  1. An off-field match official who makes game decisions based on watching instant replays.
    • Ireland got their second try not long before half-time with O'Leary, an injury doubt all week with a stiff back, just about getting over for a try which was confirmed by the video referee.2011 February 13, Lyle Jackson, “Ireland 22-25 France”, in BBC

Forms of video referee

pluralvideo referees

Questions about video referee

What does video referee mean?
Video referee means an off-field match official who makes game decisions based on watching instant replays.
What part of speech is video referee?
Video referee is a noun.
What is the plural of video referee?
The plural of video referee is video referees.

Words near video referee in the dictionary

  1. video prompts
  2. video recorder
  3. video recorders
  4. video recording
  5. video recordings
  6. video referee
  7. video referees
  8. video selfie
  9. video shifter
  10. video shifters
  11. video stream

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