bingo

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interjection

bin·go ˈbiŋ-(ˌ)gō

—used to announce an unexpected event or instantaneous result

—used to announce a winning position in bingo

—used to express endorsement of a correct assertion

bingo

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noun

variants or less commonly Bingo

plural bingos also Bingos

: a game of chance played with cards having numbered squares corresponding to numbers drawn at random (as by a game host or computer program) and won by covering five such squares in a row

enjoys playing bingo

—often used before another noun

When I worked at the Village Nursing Home, one of my favorite responsibilities … was calling the weekly bingo games.—

Karen Duffy

also : a social gathering at which bingo is played

About 50% of a volunteer fire department's budget comes from fundraising activities like bingos, hall rentals and fish fries … —

Hallie Lauer

Examples of bingo in a Sentence

Noun She plays bingo twice a week.

Recent Examples on the Web

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Noun

The evening will include fine dining, bingo games and raffle items in support of the Fort Smith Public Library Endowment Trust. —

Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024 There were bingo games, quizzes, comics and pianists. —

Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 Both debate bingo and debate drinking games were both trending search queries on Google Trends similar to the presidential debates. —

Kelly Tyko, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024 Listening to recent pop is like playing record-snob bingo, trying to identify the musical touchstones used to illustrate the singer’s confessional zingers. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bingo