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noun

bingo

BIHNG-goh
noun
1
A game in which players mark off numbers on a card as they are called out, winning by completing a line or the whole card.
"Grandma plays bingo at the community hall every Friday."
intj
1
Used to declare a win in the game of bingo, or more generally to announce sudden success or that something has been found or understood.
"I tried a different password and — bingo! — it worked."

How to Use Bingo

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe numbers game, or an exclamation of sudden success.

Common pairings
play bingo bingo hall bingo!

Word Forms

bingoed past tense, bingos plural, bingos singular

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Etymology

Likely an altered form of "bing," imitating the ringing sound of a bell; recorded as the name of the game since the 1920s.

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