yellow card

American  

noun

• yellow cards
  plural

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

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yellow card British  

noun

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

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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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• yellow cards
  plural

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Example Sentences

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yellow card

Elliot Anderson: Struggled to impose himself in the game and was shown a yellow card for a mis-timed challenge on Gomes.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

"The way we want to be aggressive sometimes, to have one yellow card can be dangerous but I am not worried at all."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Ryan Gravenberch: Came in for the injured Dominik Szoboszlai and was Liverpool's best player until he got sent off for a second yellow card.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

But Trinity responded brilliantly to falling behind early on and took full advantage of Adam Keighran's second-half yellow card, seizing control of the contest and winning it with 33 unanswered points.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Instead of agreeing with me, the ref gave me a yellow card, warning me for false-starting.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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