adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
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"He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays."
"animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo"
"There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money."
"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."
"With IN on the board, he bingoed with OPERATING for 74 points, while Ann added the CO in front of it for 30 points."
"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 discovery of this woman’s body suddenly threw a complex of apparently unrelated incidents into an integrated whole. You grind away at routine, you collect a vast amount of data ninety-per-cent of which is useless and then—some thing happens and Bingo—the other ten-per-cent sits up like Jacky and Bob’s your uncle."
"‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’"
"Bingo! Bingo! Where is the rascal, I wonder. […] ENTER Bingo, r. 2, with glass of cream, […]"
"We like playing Bingo, which is good because Beth is in special ed classes in school now, and they’re teaching her letters and numbers, and Mommy tries to help her by playing Bingo."
"Monkey Bingo is the exciting new way to play bingo."
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.
Common synonyms include: archery, association football, backgammon, badminton, bagatelle, ball.
Monkey Bingo is the exciting new way to play bingo.
Pronounced /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/.
Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.
Perhaps related to stingo.