Antonyms for
rouge
Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks
0 antonyms 5 letters

No Antonyms Found for Rouge

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All Definitions for Rouge

Below are all the dictionary definitions of rouge:

1Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks
2Blusher.
3Of a reddish pink colour.
4Any reddish pink colour.
5To apply rouge (makeup).
6A 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
7It is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
8In 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.
9From 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.
10In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
11A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic
12Crocus
13Jeweller's rouge.
14A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
15A surname from French.

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