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

See Examples For:

yellow card

Andrey Santos: Tielemans' poor control forced him into a rash tackle on Truffert that brought a yellow card.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 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

Bellingham's yellow card was retracted after a video assistant referee review and Romero was given a yellow.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Fernandes was perhaps fortunate not to receive at least a yellow card for his part in the incident and the pundits were divided in their opinion on whether Foden was entirely at fault.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The pointy tip ended up in the yellow 200s zone, so she went ahead and pulled a yellow card.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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