bingo
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.
(used to call a win in bingo.)
(used to express suddenness or swiftness, as of an action): He waved his hand, and, bingo, the card reappeared.
(used to acknowledge someone's sudden understanding or correct response): Bingo! That's just what I meant!
Origin of bingo
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How to use bingo in a sentence
In handsome artist books, Irene Chan reinterprets diversions as complex as the I Ching and as simple as bingo.
In the galleries: Celebrating the art of the game with unexpected delights | Mark Jenkins | July 2, 2021 | Washington PostRegister to get printable bingo cards for two rounds of bingo — plus, local District registrants can get 10 percent off Red Bear Brewing’s 2021 Pride Helles lager.
25 things to do this week in the D.C. area | Fritz Hahn, Anying Guo | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostOn the final day, lawmakers also ironed out how to launch the state’s sports betting industry by this fall, setting aside gambling licenses for professional sports teams, casinos, horse tracks and bingo halls.
Maryland legislative session drawing to a close after focus on inequity | Ovetta Wiggins, Erin Cox | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostShe hasn’t been to the movies or played bingo, but has continued thrift-store shopping.
Signs of life amid signs of concern in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic | Joel Achenbach, Ryan Slattery, Kayla Ruble, Caren Chesler | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostAfter the Depression ended, the spread of legalized gambling — except for charitable bingo — slowed.
Sports gambling could be the pandemic’s biggest winner | Jonathan D. Cohen | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Print this bingo card set and find resources for male allies at www.maleallies.com.
Tech’s Male ‘Feminists’ Aren’t Helping | Cate Huston, Karen Catlin | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFolks come from all over to play bingo, make their political views known — often in awesome and ridiculous ways — and eat.
Because bingo and bingo-like activities are harmless and fun, Boghossian urges atheists to focus instead on the problem of faith.
Atheist Philosopher Peter Boghossian’s Guide to Converting Believers | Michael Schulson | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile you watch, you can take our live-updating poll and play a little bingo!
Presidential-Debate Dashboard, Round Three | Brian Ries, Sam Schlinkert | October 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLawless said he found the fair punctuated with games like Orgasm bingo, Pin the Clitoris on the Vulva, and the Tent of Consent.
And bingo answered with a sigh, "I suppose a fellow has to go to bed even after a Freshman fire."
Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 | VariousJust imagine, a little suggestion and, bingo, all this is the result.
Dave Dawson at Truk | Robert Sydney BowenBinks (Sir bingo), a fox-hunting baronet, and visitor at the Spa.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.bingo galloped on, and she fell to the ground, striking her head against the iron-bound stake at the edge of the ring.
Polly of the Circus | Margaret MayoThe "tumblers" arranged themselves around the ring with paper hoops; bingo was fairly racing.
Polly of the Circus | Margaret Mayo
British Dictionary definitions for bingo
/ (ˈbɪŋɡəʊ) /
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: Compare lotto
a cry by the winner of a game of bingo
an expression of surprise at a sudden occurrence or the successful completion of something: and bingo! the lights went out
Origin of bingo
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