rouge

UK /ɹuːʒ/ US /ɹuʒ/
noun 5name 2adj 1verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of a reddish pink colour.

noun

1

Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.

2

Any reddish pink colour.

3

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

4

In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.

[A] wall [...] against which all those formidable "rouges" (as they are most underivably called) take place; in which above twenty players contend, kicking each others' shins nearly as often as the ball

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 r

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

verb

1

To apply rouge (makeup).

She rouged her face before setting out for the party.

She was a lady of about fifty, I should think, youthfully dressed, and of a very fine complexion. If I add to the little list of her accomplishments that she rouged a little, I do not mean that there was any harm in it.

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