Rouge

Quick meaning: Rouge is an adjective meaning Of a reddish pink colour.

Meaning

Of a reddish pink colour.

More Meanings

1. Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
2. Any reddish pink colour.
3. (chemistry, archaic) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
4. (Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
5. In the Eton College field game, a scoring move accomplished by touching the ball down behind the opponents' goal-line (somewhat similar to the try in rugby). Originally, the player who scored the rouge had a chance to kick a goal, and the rouge was used as a tie-breaker if an equal number of goals was scored by each side. In the contemporary Eton College field game, a five-point score is awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.
6. (obsolete) In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
7. (obsolete) From 1862 to 1868, a similar scoring move in Sheffield rules football. From 1862 to 1867, accomplished by touching the ball down after it had been kicked between two "rouge flags" either side of the goal. From 1867-1868, awarded for kicking the ball between the rouge flags and under the crossbar.

Example Sentences

She rouged her face before setting out for the party.

The 7 got 1 "gaol" and 1 "ruge"; the 11 got 1 "gaol" and 4 "ruges"

A rouge is obtained by touching the ball first, after it has been kicked behind

A rouge is obtained by the player who first touches the ball after it has been kicked between the rouge flags

Word Forms

• rouges
• rouging
• rouged

Synonyms for rouge

Depending on context, synonyms include blush, single, blusher, paint.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blusher, paint, red, redness, flushed, lipstick.

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