bingo card

noun

variants or less commonly Bingo card

plural bingo cards also Bingo cards

1

: a card that is used in the game of bingo and that has numbered squares which are covered as corresponding numbered balls are drawn at random until one of the players wins by covering five such squares in a row

2

slang : a list of possible, expected, or likely scenarios

—usually used in the phrase on one's bingo card

I'm pretty sure nobody had "global pandemic" on their bingo cards back in 2016 …

—Mollie Taylor

As always I am writing this whilst re-reading my predictions from the previous year. I was partially right about continued struggles around talent and supply, but I didn't have major data breaches on my bingo card.

—Jasmin Bedir

Who had "Bulls winning the East" on their preseason Bingo card? Not I.

—Cole Huff

Examples of bingo card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jerry Jones, being a decent actor, was not on my bingo card. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025

Few Japan watchers had that matchup on their bingo cards. —William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

Reading how heartbroken Vrabel was for his coaching staff when he was fired wasn't on my bingo card. —Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025

But parting with the 2023 Coach of the Year wasn't on the bingo card for likely moves, especially since he had been extended through 2027 just this past offseason. —David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1