Bingo

Quick meaning: Bingo is a noun meaning (countable) A win in such a game.

Meaning

(countable) A win in such a game.

More Meanings

1. (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
2. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
3. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
4. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
5. (informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
6. (uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
7. (uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

Example Sentences

He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.

There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.

Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!

animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo

Word Forms

• bingos
• bingoing
• bingoed

Synonyms for bingo

Depending on context, synonyms include housey-housey, lotto, beano, keno.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include keno, lotto, beano, lottery, jackpot, stakes.

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