bingo

See also Bingo

English

WOTD – 7 June 2008    

Wikipedia

Etymology

Alternate form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound (1925).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"biN.g@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

bingo (countable and uncountable; plural bingos)

1. (uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
2. (countable) A win in such a game.

   There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.

3. (countable, Scrabble) A play where all seven letter tiles are played.

Synonyms

• (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto

Derived terms

• bingo caller
• bingo hall
• bingo wings
• bullshit bingo

Translations

game of chance

• Catalan: bingo (ca) m
• Czech: bingo (cs) n
• Danish: bingospil (da)
• Finnish: bingo (fi)
• French: bingo (fr) m
• German: Bingo (de) n

• Greenlandic: bingo (kl)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دمبه‌ڵه‌ (ku)

• Polish: bingo (pl) n
• Spanish: bingo (es) m

win

• Finnish: bingo (fi)

• Polish: bingo (pl) n

scrabble play

• Finnish: ritirati sanapeli

• French: scrabble (fr) m

Interjection

bingo!

1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
2. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall.
3. (informal) Similarly, used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!".

Synonyms

• (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
• (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!

Translations

to claim a win in bingo

• Finnish: bingo (fi)

• Polish: bingo (pl) n

when finding something

• Finnish: bingo (fi), napakymppi (fi)
• French: ça y est (fr)

• German: Volltreffer (de) m
• Polish: bingo (pl) n, proszę bardzo (pl)

See also

Kelly's eye man alive lucky for some Maggie's den, Major's den, Tony's den one fat lady doctor's orders legs eleven unlucky for some on its own

sweet sixteen key of the door, key to the door two little ducks thee and me dirty Gertie more than eleven halfway there tweak of the thumb Brighton line

red raw clickety-click bang on the drum trombones one more time stop and run between the sticks two fat ladies top of the shop

Anagrams

• bigon
• boing

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

Declension

Declension of bingo (type valo) singular plural nominative bingo bingot genitive bingon bingojen partitive bingoa bingoja accusative bingo bingon bingot inessive bingossa bingoissa elative bingosta bingoista illative bingoon bingoihin adessive bingolla bingoilla ablative bingolta bingoilta allative bingolle bingoille essive bingona bingoina translative bingoksi bingoiksi instructive – bingoin abessive bingotta bingoitta comitative – bingoineen

Derived terms

• bingota

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo

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Greenlandic

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

bingo m (invariable)

1. bingo (game)

Interjection

bingo!

1. bingo!

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Spanish

Etymology

English bingo.

Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

1. bingo (game)