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noun

any of various reddish cosmetics in powder, paste, or liquid form, esp. a red or reddish cream, for adding color to the cheeks or lips: a cosmetic used esp. formerly
a reddish powder, mainly ferric oxide, for polishing jewelry, metal, etc.

transitive verb rouged, rouging

to color with rouge

intransitive verb

to use cosmetic rouge

noun

in Canadian football, the scoring of a point by the team that is punting when the receiving team takes the ball behind the goal line and does not run it back into the field of play

intransitive verb, transitive verb rouged, rouging

to carry out or cause to carry out a rouge

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