yellow card

noun

1. Soccer.,  a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.

yellow card

noun

1. a card of a yellow colour displayed by a referee to indicate that a player has been officially cautioned for some offence

verb

1. (tr) to caution (a player) officially for some offence

adjective

1. serving as a warning; intended to warn

   a yellow card system is in place

Example Sentences

The KMI panel will back the decision to send off Caicedo but it won't be too long before another tackle of its type is deemed just a yellow card.

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There was no VAR review to upgrade Martinez's yellow card to a red, which the KMI Panel had to begrudgingly back unanimously, saying it "felt very strongly that this type of challenge has no place on the pitch".

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None of these were present, so a yellow card was fine.

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South Africa were ruthless and Louw scored the fifth try with Wales flanker Taine Plumtree also shown a yellow card as the hosts were guilty of persistent offending.

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Esterhuizen gained his reward with the eighth try, while Wainwright was shown a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Feinberg-Mngomezulu.

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