BINGO

lotto, bingo, beano, keno

(noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

bingo (countable and uncountable, plural bingos)

(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.

(countable) A win in such a game.

(countable, Scrabble) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.

Synonyms

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

Interjection

bingo

Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

(informal) 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!

Adjective

bingo (not comparable)

(US, aviation slang, chiefly, military) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)

Verb

bingo (third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed)

(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.

(intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.

(intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.

(intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly, military) To return to base.

Etymology 2

Noun

bingo (uncountable)

(slang, obsolete) Brandy.

Anagrams

• Gobin, bigon, bog in, boing

Source: Wiktionary

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