bingo

Plural: bingos

Noun

• A game of chance, or a call indicating a complete set.
• a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• 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 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
• A win in such a game.
• A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
• Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
• Brandy.

Intj

• 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 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

• 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.

Examples

• He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.
• There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.
• When he played a seven-letter word, he proudly declared ’BINGO!’, securing many points.

Synonyms

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

Related Words

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

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