bingo
Part of speech: noun
intj
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Scrabble
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
board-games
business
engineering
games
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
Etymology: Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.
Inflected forms:
form: bingos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Bingo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Bingo
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: Bingo
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: bingos
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bingoing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bingoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bingoed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: Bingo
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.
gloss: 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
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo
gloss: A win in such a game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.
gloss: A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
gloss: Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An explosion of gay male movies has hit the U.S. in the past few months. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Parting Glances and My Beautiful Laundrette, among others, have not only demonstrateed that the coming out story can be surpassed, they've also shown the movie industry that substantive gay portrayals can mean box office bingo.
gloss: Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
pos: intj
gloss: Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
pos: intj
tags: informal
examples: ‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’
Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!
Megamind: Boingo!
Minion: I think you mean "bingo", sir.
Megamind: That's what I said. Boingo!
gloss: Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
pos: intj
tags: informal
gloss: Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
slang
examples: Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […]
The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.
gloss: To play the game of bingo.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: With IN on the board, he bingoed with OPERATING for 74 points, while Ann added the CO in front of it for 30 points.
gloss: To return to base.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
slang
Related words: Kelly's eye
man alive
lucky for some
Maggie's den
Major's den
Tony's den
one fat lady
doctor's orders
legs eleven
unlucky for some
on its own
sweet sixteen
key of the door
key to the door
two little ducks
thee and me
dirty Gertie
more than eleven
halfway there
tweak of the thumb
Brighton line
red raw
clickety-click
bang on the drum
trombones
one more time
stop and run
between the sticks
two fat ladies
top of the shop
Derived words: bingo bango bongo
bingo caller
bingo card
Bingogate
bingo hall
bingolike
bingo wings
bingpot
bullshit bingo
buzzword bingo
chicken bingo
cow bingo
screeno
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