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Meaning of bingo

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bingo

Pronunciation:/ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ//ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A win in such a game.

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

  3. (Scrabble) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.

verb

Definitions

  1. To play the game of bingo.

  2. To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.

  3. To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.

  4. To return to base.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)

interjection

Definitions

  1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

  2. Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

  3. Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"