orange card
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A proposed or hypothetical card indicating a foul as too serious for a yellow card but not serious enough for a red card.
Example Sentences
- "After only being shown a booking by referee Anthony Taylor for what Jamie Carragher called an “orange card tackle”, former Chelsea star Mata had the audacity to score United’s third goal in a one-sided victory."
- "31 min: Now Dier’s booked for a tackle so absurd he managed to take out Moses and David Luiz at the same time. […] 36 min: On reflection, that Dier tackle on Luiz probably merited an orange card. He does some silly things at times."
- "55 min Stones is caught by Fred, who has been booked. It’s an orange-card offence at most, but City are starting to take control of this game."
- "Instead players guilty of, say, a reckless but unintentional high tackle this autumn can be replaced by a teammate after 20 minutes, a trial initiative designed to soften the impact of some of the marginal reds that influenced some big games last season. […] How much easier it would be to show an orange card for such offences"