Meaning of Bingo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name.
2. Brandy.
   obsolete, slang, uncountable
3. 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.
   uncountable
4. Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“game of chance”).
   alt-of
5. A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance
   uncountable
6. A win in such a game.
   countable
7. A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
   US, countable
8. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.”

“animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo”

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

“An explosion of gay male movies has hit the U.S. in the past few months. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Parting Glances and My Beautiful Laundrette, among others, have not only demonstrateed that the coming out story can be surpassed, they've also shown the movie industry that substantive gay portrayals can mean box office bingo.”

“Bingo! Bingo! Where is the rascal, I wonder. […] ENTER Bingo, r. 2, with glass of cream, […]”

“Our dog, Bingo, was determined not to be left behind; […]”

“Marco stopped to talk with a boy named Bingo Brown. Bingo was eating frozen peas from a supermarket package.”

“We like playing Bingo, which is good because Beth is in special ed classes in school now, and they’re teaching her letters and numbers, and Mommy tries to help her by playing Bingo.”

“Help her talk about the simple things she enjoys in life—her favorite television program, donuts on Friday mornings, playing Bingo with her friends.”

“She was a nice person, but she was blind as a bat. She couldn’t see a Bingo card if it was as big as a barn. Poor Lois Fratelli used to play Bingo there too.”

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