English Explanatory Dictionary

bingo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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 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. A win in such a game.
  4. A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
  5. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
intj
  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 enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
adj
  1. Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
verb
  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.
noun
  1. Brandy.
name
  1. A male given name.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“game of chance”).
intj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of bingo.
intj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of bingo.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“just sufficient to return to base”).

Pronunciation

/ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ En-us-bingo.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bingo.wav en-au-bingo.ogg

Word forms

bingo bingos bingoing bingoed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

housey-housey lotto house! aha! eureka! got it! that's it! yes!

Related words

Kelly's eye man alive lucky for some Maggie's den Major's den Tony's den one fat lady doctor's orders legs eleven unlucky for some on its own sweet sixteen key of the door key to the door two little ducks thee and me dirty Gertie more than eleven halfway there tweak of the thumb Brighton line red raw clickety-click bang on the drum trombones one more time stop and run between the sticks two fat ladies top of the shop

Derived words

bingo bango bongo bingo caller bingo card Bingogate bingo hall bingolike bingo wings bingpot bullshit bingo buzzword bingo chicken bingo cow bingo screeno
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