bingo
/ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ//ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/noun
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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.
A win in such a game.
Example: There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.
(Scrabble) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.
verb
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To play the game of bingo.
To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
To return to base.
adjective
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Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
interjection
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Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"