refs
Striped whistle blowers
Refs is the plural of ref, an informal shortening of referee.
In sports, refs are the officials who enforce rules and make calls during games: The refs missed an obvious foul.
The word appears frequently in complaints about officiating: Bad refs cost us the game.
Ref also shortens reference, so refs can mean citations or the act of checking sources: I need to add refs to this Wikipedia article.
Sports match official
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- foulOffensive or illegal
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- offsideIllegal forward position
VAR · linesman · red card · yellow card · free throw · ejection · officiating · call
Official rules governing conduct
- arbiterOne who settles disputes
- judgeOne who decides
- inspectorOfficial quality checker
- complianceAdhering to requirements
oversight · notary · magistrate · protocol · governance · sanction · jurisdiction · mandate
umpire
Sports match official
offside · VAR · linesman · red card · yellow card · free throw · ejection · officiating · call · ruling
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
compliance · oversight · notary · magistrate · protocol · governance · sanction · jurisdiction · mandate · decree
bibliography
List of cited works
quotation · author · publication · journal · article · page number · volume · issue · MLA · APA
- youth footballflag football, tackle football, touch football, pee wee football, junior league
- React Ecosystemhooks, props, components, fragments, portals
- Vue.jscomponents, computed, directives, props, reactive
- abbreviationsMr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Jr
- amateur basketballrec leagues, youth basketball, youth leagues, pickup games, intramural
- rec leaguesrec league, league play, adult leagues, recreational leagues, house league
refsplayers
Game participants
athletes · competitors · contestants · coaches · participants
refspartisans
Staunch factional supporters
homers · fans · supporters · cheerleaders · boosters
- refer toDirect to for information
- points of referenceStandards for comparison or orientation
- reference guideInformational consultation resource
- reference worksPublications for looking things up
- reference listsCataloged source citations
- frame of referenceContext for judgment
refer, referee, reference, ref, referring, referees, referred, refers, referral