German

Noun

Bingo n

1. bingo (game)

English

Noun

bingo ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bingos)

1. (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.
2. (countable) A win in such a game.

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

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

Synonyms

• (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

bingo!

1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
2. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
   • 2009 February 28, Megan Ogilvie, “Flex your plan for healthier eating”, in Toronto Star:

     Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!

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

Synonyms

• (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
• (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!

Translations

Adjective

bingo ‎(not comparable)

1. (US, aviation slang, chiefly military) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
   • 1993, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots, page 40:

     Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […]

   • 2012, Larry R Gibson, Recollections of a Marine Attack Pilot, page 54:

     The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.

See also

Verb

bingo ‎(third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed)

1. (intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
2. (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
3. (intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.

Anagrams

• bigon
• boing

Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

Declension

Derived terms

• bingota

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo

French

Noun

bingo m ‎(plural bingos)

1. bingo

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo (all senses)

Greenlandic

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English bingo.

Noun

bingo m ‎(invariable)

1. bingo (game)

Interjection

bingo!

1. bingo!

Portuguese

Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

1. (uncountable) bingo (game of chance)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bingo.

Noun

bingo m ‎(plural bingos)

1. bingo (game)