Bingo Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms
    • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations
  • 1.4 Interjection
    • 1.4.1 Synonyms
    • 1.4.2 Translations
  • 1.5 See also
  • 1.6 Anagrams
• 2 Finnish
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
    • 2.2.1 Declension
    • 2.2.2 Derived terms
  • 2.3 Interjection
• 3 Italian
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Noun
  • 3.3 Interjection
• 4 Spanish
  • 4.1 Etymology
  • 4.2 Noun

English

Etymology

Alternate form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound (1925).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, SAMPA: /"biN.g@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

bingo (countable and uncountable; plural bingos)

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. (countable) A win in such a game.

   There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.

3. (countable, Scrabble) A play where all seven letter tiles are played.

Synonyms

• (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto

Derived terms

• bingo caller
• bingo hall
• bingo wings
• bullshit bingo

Interjection

bingo!

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.
3. (informal) Similarly, used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!".

Synonyms

• (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
• (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• bigon
• boing

Finnish

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

Declension

Derived terms

• bingota

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

bingo m. inv.

1. bingo (game)

Interjection

bingo!

1. bingo!

Spanish

Etymology

English bingo.

Noun

bingo m. (plural bingos)

1. bingo (game)

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