Definition of 'bingo'
1. uncountable noun
2. exclamation
You can say `bingo!' when something pleasant happens, especially in a surprising, unexpected, or sudden
way, or to show that you have just achieved or discovered something.
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bingo in American English
US
noun
interjection
3.
used to signify sudden action, change, or success
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Word Frequency
bingo in American English
(ˈbɪŋɡou)
noun
1. (sometimes cap)
interjection
2.
(used to call a win in bingo)
3.
(used to express suddenness or swiftness, as of an action)
He waved his hand, and, bingo, the card reappeared
4.
Bingo! That's just what I meant!
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Word origin
[1935–40; appar. alter. of beano1]Word Frequency
bingo in British English
nounWord forms: plural -gos
verbWord forms: -gos, -going, -goed
5. (intransitive)
(in Scrabble) to play all seven of one's tiles in a single turn
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Word origin
C19: perhaps from bing, imitative of a bell ringing to mark the win
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bingo
British English: bingo
/ˈbɪŋɡəʊ/ NOUN
Bingo is a game in which players aim to match the numbers that someone calls out with the numbers on a card that they have been given.
Do you play bingo?
- American English: bingo /ˈbɪŋgoʊ/
- Arabic: لَعْبَةُ البنجو
- Brazilian Portuguese: bingo
- Chinese: “并戈”赌博游戏
- Croatian: tombola
- Czech: bingo
- Danish: bingo
- Dutch: bingo
- European Spanish: bingo
- Finnish: bingo
- French: loto
- German: Bingo
- Greek: μπίνγκο
- Italian: bingo
- Japanese: ビンゴ
- Korean: 빙고
- Norwegian: bingo
- Polish: bingo
- European Portuguese: bingo
- Romanian: bingo
- Russian: бинго
- Spanish: bingo
- Swedish: bingospel
- Thai: เกมบิงโก
- Turkish: tombala
- Ukrainian: бінго
- Vietnamese: trò chơi bingo
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