red card

noun

soccer

: a red card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player who has broken the rules of the game will not be allowed to continue playing

Examples of red card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It's being left up to the on-field official to decide, based on the circumstances, whether or not to whip out the ol' red card. —Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Zaragoza ‘keeper Esteban Andrada was shown a red card for a rather pantomime push on Huesca captain Jorge Pulido — and reacted to the dismissal by wiping out Pulido with a distinctly un-pantomime smash to the face (above). —Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026

Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026

Inter Miami midfielder Yannick Bright missed the game while serving a red card suspension and Mateo Silvetti sat out with a hamstring injury. —Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for red card

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard