bingo
bingo Lexical Profile
bingo Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A game of chance in which each player has one or more printed cards with numbers arranged in a grid, marking them off as numbers are drawn at random, with the winner being the first to complete a specified row or pattern.
"The community center hosts a weekly game of bingo on Friday evenings to raise funds for the local library."
• interjection
Used to express sudden triumph, satisfaction, or confirmation when something happens as desired or when someone guesses or states something correctly.
"When she suggested checking the spare fuse box, the technician smiled and said, "Bingo, that's the problem.""
Shouted by a player in the game of bingo to announce that they have completed a winning pattern on their card.
"A woman in the front row stood up and yelled "Bingo!" just as the caller read the final number."
• Rhymes for bingo
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the 1920s by American entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe, who adapted a carnival game originally called 'Beano' after a player accidentally shouted 'Bingo!' in excitement.
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