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ALL meanings of bingo

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  • uncountable noun bingo Bingo is a game in which each player has a card with numbers on. Someone calls out numbers and if you are the first person to have all your numbers called out, you win the game. 3
  • exclamation bingo You can say 'bingo!' when something pleasant happens, especially in a surprising, unexpected, or sudden way. 3
  • noun bingo a gambling game, usually played with several people, in which numbers selected at random are called out and the players cover the numbers on their individual cards. The first to cover a given arrangement of numbers is the winner 3
  • noun bingo (in Scrabble) the playing of all seven of a player's tiles in a single turn 3
  • sentence substitute bingo a cry by the winner of a game of bingo 3
  • sentence substitute bingo an expression of surprise at a sudden occurrence or the successful completion of something 3
  • verb bingo (in Scrabble) to play all seven of one's tiles in a single turn 3
  • noun bingo a gambling game played with cards having rows of numbered squares, no two cards being numbered alike: players use markers to cover the numbered squares on their cards corresponding to numbers drawn by lot, and the player who first gets a row covered is the winner 3
  • interjection bingo in the game of bingo, used to signify that one has just finished covering a row of squares 3
  • interjection bingo used to signify sudden action, change, or success 3
  • noun bingo gambling game 1
  • noun bingo gambling game 1
  • interjection bingo game: winning call 1
  • interjection bingo game: winning call 1
  • interjection bingo That's it! 1
  • interjection bingo That's it! 1
  • noun bingo a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card. 1
  • noun bingo (Uncountable Noun) 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. 0
  • noun bingo (Countable Noun) A win in such a game. 0
  • noun bingo (Countable Noun) (Scrabble) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played. 0
  • verb bingo (Intransitive Verb) To play the game of bingo. 0
  • verb bingo (Intransitive Verb) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game. 0
  • verb bingo (Intransitive Verb) (US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base. 0
  • adjective bingo (US, aviation slang, chiefly military) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO). 0
  • interjection bingo Used by players of bingo to claim a win. 0
  • interjection bingo (Informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task. 0
  • interjection bingo (Informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!". 0
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