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

This Netflix Original gleefully ticks off the rom-com bingo card: an elevator meet-cute, a late-night pizza bonding session, and yes, even a dramatic run to the airport. —Janey Tracey, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025

Welcome to our Boston bingo card, created with contributions from Axios readers. —Steph Solis, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1