Associations to the word «Bingo»

BINGO, noun. (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.

BINGO, noun. (countable) A win in such a game.

BINGO, noun. (countable) (Scrabble) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.

BINGO, interjection. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

BINGO, interjection. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall.

BINGO, interjection. (informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"

BINGO, adjective. (US) (aviation slang) (chiefly military) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)

BINGO, verb. (intransitive) To play the game of bingo.

BINGO, verb. (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.

BINGO, verb. (intransitive) (US) (aviation slang) (chiefly military) To return to base.

BINGO WINGS, noun. (derogatory or humorous) (slang) Large, loose flaps of skin hanging from the upper arms.

BINGO, noun. A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.