bingo

Meaning

Noun

1. (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.
2. (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
3. (countable) A win in such a game.
4. (US, countable) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
5. (countable, uncountable) Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.

Intj

1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
2. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
3. (informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.

Adj

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
2. (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
3. (intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
4. (US, intransitive, slang) To return to base.

Synonyms

lotto

keno

beano

lottery

raffle

yes

exactly

game of chance

Translations

Bingo

bingo

bingo

ça y est

bingo

loto

scrabble

bingo

tombola

τόμπολα

bingo

bingo

Lotto

keno

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/

Etymology

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.