How to pronounce “bingo”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (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.
• (uncountable) 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:
• (countable) A win in such a game.
• (countable, Scrabble, US) 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.
• [Interjection]
• 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 enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
• [Adjective]
• (US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
• [Verb]
• (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.

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Similar Sounds

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