bingo
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goʊ noun ( sometimes initial capital letter )
1.
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
interjection
2.
(used to call a win in bingo.)
3.
(used to express suddenness or swiftness, as of an action): He waved his hand, and, bingo, the card reappeared.
4.
(used to acknowledge someone's sudden understanding or correct response): Bingo! That's just what I meant!
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| —n , pl -gos | |
| 1. | Compare lotto a gambling game, usually played with several people, in which numbers selected at random are called out and the players cover the numbers on their individual cards. The first to cover a given arrangement of numbers is the winner |
| —sentence substitute | |
| 2. | a cry by the winner of a game of bingo |
| 3. | an expression of surprise at a sudden occurrence or the successful completion of something: and bingo! the lights went out |
| [C19: perhaps from bing, imitative of a bell ringing to mark the win] | |
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Word Origin & History
bingo
1936, as a lotto-like game of chance; many theories about its origin, none satisfying; the most likely is bingo! as an exclamation of sudden realization or surprise (attested from 1927). Uncertain connection to the slang word for "brandy" (1690s); attested as "liquor" in Amer.Eng., 1861. Thomas Chandler
Haliburton ("Sam Slick") in "The Americans at Home" (1854) recounts a story of a drinking game in which the children's song about the farmer's dog was sung and when it came time to spell out the name, every participant had to take a letter in turn, and anyone who missed or flubbed had to drink.
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Example sentences
Smoking indoors in public areas is now mostly restricted to the likes of nursing homes and bingo halls.
Bingo licenses authorize games of bingo to be conducted by non-profit organizations.
Bingo, as any teacher of writing or rhetoric would acknowledge.
The run-down parish gym is also used as a dining hall and for bingo and budget meetings.
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