bingo
Short definition from Wiktionary
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.
- 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.
Interjection
- 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.
- Alternative letter-case form of bingo.
- Alternative letter-case form of bingo.
Adjective
- Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
- Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“just sufficient to return to base”).
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.
Proper noun
- A male given name.
- Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“game of chance”).
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