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

Example Sentences

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yellow card

An emphatic 73-8 win over Fiji in Liverpool ended a five-game losing run and was the only match this year in which England did not receive a yellow card.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Argentina had already had one player dismissed, with Enzo Fernandez receiving a second yellow card in second-half stoppage time.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Fernández had been booked minutes earlier for dissent, and the second yellow card led to his expulsion, forcing Argentina to finish shorthanded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

He received his second yellow card and was ejected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

He came to their houses twice a month to collect one dollar and sixty-eight cents and write down on a little yellow card both the date and their eighty-four cents a week payment.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison